أَخفيتَyou hid عنيfrom me ماwhat طَوَيتَyou folded away فماyet not اختفىremained hidden
أَخفيتَ عني ما طَوَيتَ فما اختفى
إذfor يَظهَرُcomes to light المكتومwhat is concealed منfrom بعدafter الخَفاconcealment
إذ يَظهَرُ المكتوم من بعد الخَفا
You hid from me what you folded away, yet it did not stay hidden;
You hid from me what you concealed, yet nothing remains hidden
For what is concealed comes to light after being hidden.
When the hidden appears after being concealed
أَمنُsecurity الرعيَّةِthe flock قدalready غداbecame خَوفاًfear لهاfor it
أَمنُ الرعيَّةِ قد غدا خَوفاً لها
والشاءُand the sheep حارسُهاtheir guardian بداappeared انto يَخطَفاsnatch away
والشاءُ حارسُها بدا ان يَخطَفا
The flock's security has turned to fear for it,
The shepherd's security has now become fear for his flock
And the sheep's guardian seemed to snatch them away.
And the wolf, once its guardian, now seems bent on its capture
لاno لومَblame ليfor me إلاexcept علىupon نفسيmy own soul التيwhich
لا لومَ لي إلا على نفسي التي
رَكَنَتtrusted وكانand was رُكونهاits trust ليto me مُتلِفاruinous
رَكَنَت وكان رُكونها لي مُتلِفا
I have no one to blame but my own soul, which
I blame none but myself,
Trusted, and its trust proved ruinous to me.
Who was complacent, and my complacence has harmed me
ياoh ليتَwould that ماwhat قدalready كانhappened منكمfrom you (plural) لمnot يَكُنhappen
يا ليتَ ما قد كان منكم لم يَكُن
بلrather ليتَwould that دونَinstead of لِقاكَmeeting you ماnot بَرِحَceased الجَفاestrangement
بل ليتَ دونَ لِقاكَ ما بَرِحَ الجَفا
Oh, would that what came from you had never happened!
Oh, would that what happened had not happened!
Rather, would that estrangement had endured instead of my meeting you!
Would that, without meeting you, disaffection had endured!
ياO واصفاًone who describes لُوطاًLot وحَمنُونَand Hamnun ارفُقنbe gentle
يا واصفاً لُوطاً وحَمنُونَ ارفُقن
وَصِفِand describe الحريَّthe deserving one منamong الوَرىhumankind انto يُوصَفاbe described
وَصِفِ الحريَّ من الوَرى ان يُوصَفا
O you who describe Lot and Hamnun, be gentle,
Oh you who censure Lot and Hamnun, be gentle;
And describe the one among mortals who deserves description.
Censure the free man of the land, if censure there must be.
هذهthese ثِمارُfruits الكِبرِpride نَفَّاخِthat puffs up النُهىminds
هذه ثِمارُ الكِبرِ نَفَّاخِ النُهى
بُعداًbanishment لهُfor it داءًa disease يَعِزُّis hard to attain لهُfor it الشِفاthe cure
بُعداً لهُ داءً يَعِزُّ لهُ الشِفا
These are the fruits of pride, which puffs up minds;
These are the fruits of arrogance—puffery of prohibition.
Away with it—a disease whose cure is hard to find!
Away with it! A disease for which there is no cure.
خِلتُI thought القداسةَholiness فيكin you لمحةَa flash بارقlightning
خِلتُ القداسةَ فيك لمحةَ بارق
ماno sooner إِنemphatic particle تأَلَّقَit shone فيin الدُجىthe darkness حتىthan انطفىit went out
ما إِن تأَلَّقَ في الدُجى حتى انطفى
I thought the holiness in you a flash of lightning:
For an instant in you I glimpsed a flash of sanctity,
No sooner had it shone in the darkness than it went out.
No sooner did it shine in the darkness than it was extinguished.
Sol 6.1