لَولاwere it not for الهَوىlove ماnot ذابَmelted مِنfrom حَنينِهِhis longing
لَولا الهَوى ما ذابَ مِن حَنينِهِ
صَبٌّa lovesick man أَصابَتهُafflicted him عُيونُsprings عَينِهِhis eye
صَبٌّ أَصابَتهُ عُيونُ عَينِهِ
Were it not for love, he would not have melted from his longing—
Had it not been for passion, his yearning would not have melted,
A lovesick man afflicted by the springs of his eye.
A downpour struck by the eyes of his eyes.
مُتَيَّمٌenslaved by love لاnot تَهتَديfind their way عُوّادُهُhis sickbed visitors
مُتَيَّمٌ لا تَهتَدي عُوّادُهُ
إِلّاexcept بِماby what تَسمَعُthey hear مِنof أَنينِهِhis moaning
إِلّا بِما تَسمَعُ مِن أَنينِهِ
Enslaved by love, he cannot be found by his visitors
A lost lover whom his passion cannot guide,
Except by the moaning they hear.
Except by what it hears of his moaning.
أَصبَحَhas become يَخشىfears الظُبيَthe gazelle فيin كِناسِهِits hiding place
أَصبَحَ يَخشى الظُبيَ في كِناسِهِ
وَلاand does not يَخافُfear اللَيثَthe lion فيin عَرينِهِits den
وَلا يَخافُ اللَيثَ في عَرينِهِ
He now fears the gazelle in its hiding place,
He began to fear rabbits in their burrows,
And does not fear the lion in its den.
And does not fear lions in their dens.
يَعتَذِرُapologizes الرُشدُsound judgment إِلىto ضَلالِهِhis waywardness
يَعتَذِرُ الرُشدُ إِلى ضَلالِهِ
وَيَقرَأُand studies العَقلُreason عَلىunder جُنونِهِhis madness
وَيَقرَأُ العَقلُ عَلى جُنونِهِ
Sound judgment apologizes to his waywardness,
Reasonability apologizes for his misguidance,
And reason studies under his madness.
And the mind recites his madness.
ياO جيرَةَneighbors الحَيِّthe encampment أَجيرواgrant refuge to عاشِقاًa lover
يا جيرَةَ الحَيِّ أَجيروا عاشِقاً
ماnot حالَturned aside عَنfrom شَرعِthe law of الهَوىlove وَدينِهِand its creed
ما حالَ عَن شَرعِ الهَوى وَدينِهِ
O neighbors of the encampment, give a lover refuge,
O neighbors of the alive, sympathize with a lover,
Who has not strayed from love's law and creed.
Whose state did not swerve from the law of love and his religion.
باطِنُهُhis inward self أَحسَنُlovelier مِنthan ظاهِرِهِhis outward form
باطِنُهُ أَحسَنُ مِن ظاهِرِهِ
وَشَكُّهُand his doubt أَوضَحُclearer مِنthan يَقينِهِhis certainty
وَشَكُّهُ أَوضَحُ مِن يَقينِهِ
His inward self is lovelier than his outward form,
His essence is better than his appearance,
And his doubt is clearer than his certainty.
And his doubt is clearer than his certainty.
لاdo not تَحسَبواsuppose ماwhat ساحَflowed فَوقَover خَدِّهِhis cheek
لا تَحسَبوا ما ساحَ فَوقَ خَدِّهِ
مَدامِعاًtears تَسفَحُpour forth مِنfrom جُفونِهِhis eyelids
مَدامِعاً تَسفَحُ مِن جُفونِهِ
Do not take what flowed over his cheek
Do not think that what flows above his cheek
For tears pouring from his eyelids.
Are tears pouring from his eyelids,
وَإِنَّماbut rather ذابَhas melted جَليدُthe ice of قَلبِهِhis heart
وَإِنَّما ذابَ جَليدُ قَلبِهِ
فَطَرفُهُso his eye يَرشَحُseeps مِنfrom مَعينِهِits wellspring
فَطَرفُهُ يَرشَحُ مِن مَعينِهِ
Rather, the ice of his heart has melted,
But rather the ice of his heart melted,
So his eye seeps with water from its wellspring.
So his eyelash drips from its spring.
Sol 6.1