أسعادُO Su‘ad ماno ليfor me فيin وصالكunion with you مطمعhope
أسعادُ ما لي في وصالك مطمع
أبداever ولاnor سمعيmy hearing لعذلكto your reproach يسمعlistens
أبدا ولا سمعي لعذلك يسمع
O Su‘ad, I have no hope of union with you,
My hope of your union is ever beyond reach,
ever, nor does my ear listen to your reproach.
Nor does my ear heed your blame.
ماnot راعنيcaptivated me ريمthe gazelle of الغميمal-Ghamim وقدand indeed غداhas come to be
ما راعني ريم الغميم وقد غدا
حولaround الغميمal-Ghamim لهfor it مراحa resting place ومرتعand a pasture
حول الغميم له مراح ومرتع
The gazelle of al-Ghamim did not captivate me, though it has come to have
The tears of the clouds distress me not, though they pour down,
around al-Ghamim a resting place and pasture.
For around the clouds it finds pasture and rest.
كلاno indeed ولاnor حسناa beautiful woman إذاwhen ماemphatic particle أسفرتshe unveils
كلا ولا حسنا إذا ما أسفرت
وجهاa face لهfor it وجهthe face of الدجىdarkness يتقشعclears away
وجها له وجه الدجى يتقشع
No indeed, nor a beauty, when she unveils
Nay, no beauty has the moon when it rises
a face before which the face of darkness clears away.
If it shows a face without the veil of night drawn close.
ولقدand indeed سبرتI probed بفطنتيwith my discernment شرعthe law of الهوىlove
ولقد سبرت بفطنتي شرع الهوى
زمناfor a time بأحكامby the rulings of الهوىlove أتشرّعI live by the law
زمنا بأحكام الهوى أتشرّع
And indeed, with my discernment I probed love’s law
Long have I probed with my wisdom the law of love,
for a time, observing the decrees of love.
Studying the rules of love assiduously.
فسألتso I asked قلبيmy heart منwho تكونyou are متيماenslaved by love
فسألت قلبي من تكون متيما
فيin حبهlove for him قالit said البطينthe full-bellied one الأنزعthe receding-haired one
في حبه قال البطين الأنزع
So I asked my heart, “Who are you so deeply enamored
So I asked my heart, "Who holds you enthralled?"
of?” It said, “The full-bellied, receding-haired one.”
It answered, "The heartbreaker par excellence."
أعنيI mean الذيthe one who بولائهthrough allegiance to him أعمالناour deeds
أعني الذي بولائه أعمالنا
قبلتwere accepted ودونand without ولائهallegiance to him لاnot تنفعare of benefit
قبلت ودون ولائه لا تنفع
I mean the one through allegiance to whom our deeds
I mean the one to whom our deeds,
were accepted; without allegiance to him, they are of no avail.
Before loyalty to him, are of no avail.
ياO منyou who يحلّresolves المشكلاتthe difficulties ويكشفand lifts الـthe
يا من يحلّ المشكلات ويكشف الـ
ـبلوىaffliction عنfrom العانيthe captive الضعيفthe weak ويشفعand intercedes
ـبلوى عن العاني الضعيف ويشفع
O you who resolve difficulties and lift the
O You who unravels dilemmas and lifts
affliction from the weak captive, and intercede.
Affliction from the troubled weak one and intercedes—
Sol 6.1