ياO مَنyou who عَلِقتُI clung بِحَبلِto the cord of حُبِّهhis love
يا مَن عَلِقتُ بِحَبلِ حُبِّه
وَأَماطَand withdrew عَنّيfrom me ظِلَّthe shade of قُربِهhis nearness
وَأَماطَ عَنّي ظِلَّ قُربِه
O you to the cord of whose love I have clung,
O You whom I cling to with the rope of His love,
And who withdrew from me the shade of your nearness,
And who has removed from me the shade of His nearness,
لِمَwhy لاnot تَرِقُّyou feel compassion لِعاشِقٍfor a lover
لِمَ لا تَرِقُّ لِعاشِقٍ
مُتَعَثِّرٍstumbling بِذُيولِover the trailing hems of كَربِهhis anguish
مُتَعَثِّرٍ بِذُيولِ كَربِه
Why do you not take pity on a lover
Why do You not show tenderness to a lover
stumbling over the trailing hems of his anguish?
Stumbling in the train of his sorrows?
لاdo not تُنبِتَنcause to grow (emphatic) زَهرَthe blossom of الصَباbeginning of the split word 'ardent love'
لا تُنبِتَن زَهرَ الصَبا
بَةِcompletion of the split word 'ardent love' بِالقَلىwith aversion فيin أَرضِthe soil of قَلبِهhis heart
بَةِ بِالقَلى في أَرضِ قَلبِه
Never grow the blossom of ardent
Do not let the flowers of youthfulness blossom
love with aversion in the soil of his heart.
With separation in the barren soil of his heart,
وَخَفِand fear العُقوبَةِpunishment فَالفَتىfor the young man
وَخَفِ العُقوبَةِ فَالفَتى
لاno بُدَّescape أَنthat يُجزىhe be requited بِذَنبِهِfor his sin
لا بُدَّ أَن يُجزى بِذَنبِهِ
And fear punishment, for a young man
And refrain from punishment, for the young man
must be requited for his sin.
Is surely bound to be rewarded for his sin.
Sol 6.1