ياO كاشِفاًone who uncovers سرّthe secret of الرُموthe symbols (first fragment)
يا كاشِفاً سرّ الرُمو
زsymbols (final fragment) وَمُظهراًand one who reveals فيهاin them العجَبwonder
ز وَمُظهراً فيها العجَب
O you who uncover the secret of symbols,
O revealer of concealed mysteries
And reveal wonders within them,
And manifester therein of wonders
وَموضِحاًand one who explains طُرقways الأَحاthe riddles (first fragment)
وَموضِحاً طُرق الأَحا
جيriddles (final fragment) فيamong الأَعاجمnon-Arabs وَالعَرَبand Arabs
جي في الأَعاجم وَالعَرَب
And explain the ways of riddles
Clarifier of the ways of yearning
Among non-Arabs and Arabs,
Among non-Arabs and Arabs
أَناI طالبa seeker of نيلattaining اللقاthe meeting
أَنا طالب نيل اللقا
وَمفنّديand my reprover يَأبىrefuses الطَلَبthe request
وَمفنّدي يَأبى الطَلَب
I seek to attain a meeting,
I'm a seeker of attaining the encounter
And my reprover refuses the request.
Yet my suitor refuses seeking
ماnot مثلlike قَولthe saying of معذّبيmy tormentor
ما مثل قَول معذّبي
بصدودهin his turning away أَطلبI seek كذبfalsehood
بصدوده أَطلب كذب
Nothing matches my tormentor's saying
No words like those of my tormentor
For falsehood: 'I seek,' even as he turns away.
Whose repulsions make me seek lies
Sol 6.1