إِذاif الخِلُّthe beloved خَلّىforsakes عَنfrom طَريقِthe path of وِصالِهِunion with him
إِذا الخِلُّ خَلّى عَن طَريقِ وِصالِهِ
وَسارَand journeys عَلىon ظَهرِthe back of التَجَنّيunjust blame إِلىtoward الهَجرِestrangement
وَسارَ عَلى ظَهرِ التَجَنّي إِلى الهَجرِ
If the beloved forsakes the path of union,
When my beloved turned away from the path of union
and rides on the back of unjust blame toward estrangement,
And walked on the back of estrangement to abandonment
تَتَبَّعتُI followed آثارَthe traces of التَغاضيoverlooking faults وَلَمand not أَكُنI was
تَتَبَّعتُ آثارَ التَغاضي وَلَم أَكُن
لِأَعدِلَto turn aside عَنfrom نَهجِthe path of الوَفاءِloyalty إِلىto الغَدرِbetrayal
لِأَعدِلَ عَن نَهجِ الوَفاءِ إِلى الغَدرِ
I follow the footsteps of forbearance, and would never
I followed the traces of indifference, yet I could not
turn from the path of loyalty to betrayal.
Swerve from the way of loyalty to the way of betrayal
فَكَيفَso how يَعيشُlives الوُدُّaffection ليfor me إِنif تَرَكتُهُI abandoned it
فَكَيفَ يَعيشُ الوُدُّ لي إِن تَرَكتُهُ
وَلَيسَand is not لَهُfor it مِنّيfrom me غِذاءٌnourishment مِنَof الصَبرِpatience
وَلَيسَ لَهُ مِنّي غِذاءٌ مِنَ الصَبرِ
For how can affection live on for me if I abandon it,
How then can affection live if I abandon it
and it has no nourishment of patience from me?
When it has from me no nourishment of patience
Sol 6.1