أَموتُI am dying وَأَنتَwhile you تَعلَمُknow ماwhat لَقيتُI have suffered
أَموتُ وَأَنتَ تَعلَمُ ما لَقيتُ
أَياO مَنone who بِالنَعيمِthrough bliss بِهِin him شَقيتُI have become wretched
أَيا مَن بِالنَعيمِ بِهِ شَقيتُ
I am dying, while you know what I have suffered.
O you, delight in whom has made me wretched!
وَلَولاand were it not أَنَّthat فيin قَلبيmy heart أَمانيhopes
وَلَولا أَنَّ في قَلبي أَماني
أُعَلِّلُهُI console it بِهِنَّwith them لَماwould not have بَقيتُI survived
أُعَلِّلُهُ بِهِنَّ لَما بَقيتُ
And were it not for hopes within my heart,
with which I console it, I would not have survived.
وَأَعجَبُand I marvel أَنَّthat بيin me قَرَماًa craving شَديداًintense
وَأَعجَبُ أَنَّ بي قَرَماً شَديداً
إِلَيكَfor you وَأَنتَthough you لِلأَرواحِfor souls قوتُsustenance
إِلَيكَ وَأَنتَ لِلأَرواحِ قوتُ
And I marvel that I hunger so fiercely
for you, though you are sustenance for souls.
جَعَلتُI made مِنَfrom الرَجاءِhope إِلَيكَin you زاديmy provisions
جَعَلتُ مِنَ الرَجاءِ إِلَيكَ زادي
فَجِئتُso I came وَذاكَyet that زادٌprovisions لاdoes not يُقيتُsustain
فَجِئتُ وَذاكَ زادٌ لا يُقيتُ
I made hope in you my provisions;
so I came, yet those provisions do not sustain.
أُضامُI am wronged وَلاand not أَرىI see لِلقولِfor speech وَجهاًa purpose
أُضامُ وَلا أَرى لِلقولِ وَجهاً
وَليسَand not يَليقُbefits بيme إِلّاexcept الصُموتُsilence
وَليسَ يَليقُ بي إِلّا الصُموتُ
I am wronged, yet see no point in speaking,
and nothing befits me but silence.
إِذاif عَدِمَfails to find القُبولَacceptance إِلَيكَto you شاكٍa complainant
إِذا عَدِمَ القُبولَ إِلَيكَ شاكٍ
فَأَبلَغُthen more eloquent مِنthan تُكَلِّمُهُyou address him السُكوتُsilence
فَأَبلَغُ مِن تُكَلِّمُهُ السُكوتُ
If one who complains to you finds no acceptance,
then silence is more eloquent than addressing him.
Sol 6.1