وجفاني الأمير كي أتقرا
فتقرأت مكرها لجفائه
The prince shunned me so that I would take up recitation.
So I took it up unwillingly because he shunned me.
والذي أنطوي عليه المعاصي
علم الله نيتي من سمائه
And the sins I harbor within—
God knows my intention from His heaven.
ما قراةٌ لمكره بقراةٍ
قد رواه الأمير عن فقهائه
Recitation under coercion is no recitation.
The prince has related this from his jurists.
Sol 6