ليسis not فيin العشقِpassionate love جُناحُsin
ليس في العشقِ جُناحُ
بلrather هوit الدّاءُdisease الصِّراحُunalloyed
بل هو الدّاءُ الصِّراحُ
There is no sin in passionate love.
Love bears no fault,
Rather, it is sheer disease.
Rather, it is the clear affliction,
هُوَit جِدُّearnestness جرّهbrought it on مَعْwith
هُوَ جِدُّ جرّه مَعْ
قَدَرِdecree اللَّهِGod المزاحُjest
قَدَرِ اللَّهِ المزاحُ
It is earnestness brought on, with
Its pull is serious, accompanied
God's decree, by jest.
By the jest of fate.
وظلامٌand darkness ماno لساريfor the night traveler
وظلامٌ ما لساري
هِits مدىthroughout الدّهرall time صباحُdawn
هِ مدى الدّهر صباحُ
And darkness—no night traveler through
It is darkness with no dawn
it has a dawn in all eternity.
For as long as life persists.
هوit سُكرٌdrunkenness مثلماas when دَبflowed (word begins)
هو سُكرٌ مثلما دَب
بتْcompletion of 'flowed' (feminine) بأعضائكthrough your limbs راحُwine
بتْ بأعضائك راحُ
It is drunkenness, like the coursing
It is intoxication that crept
of wine through your limbs.
Into your limbs, bringing relief.
وَسَقامٌand sickness ماno بهِin it بُرْrecovery (word begins)
وَسَقامٌ ما بهِ بُرْ
ءٌcompletion of 'recovery' ولاand no فيهin it صَلاحُimprovement
ءٌ ولا فيه صَلاحُ
And a sickness with no recovery,
It is sickness with no recovery,
nor any improvement in it.
No goodness within it.
وعذابٌand torment إنْif نأىdrew away عنfrom
وعذابٌ إنْ نأى عن
هُit وصالٌunion with the beloved وسماحُand generosity
هُ وصالٌ وسماحُ
And torment, if far from
It is torment if distant from it,
it are union and generosity.
Yet connection and lenience if close.
ويحَwoe to أهلِpeople of العِشْقِpassionate love فِيinto لُجdeep waters (word begins)
ويحَ أهلِ العِشْقِ فِي لُج
جٍcompletion of 'deep waters' عزيرِimmense (reading uncertain) العُمقِdepth طاحواthey fell
جٍ عزيرِ العُمقِ طاحوا
Woe to the lovers! Into deep waters
Woe to those passionately in love,
of immense depth they fell.
Who have fallen into turbulent seas!
جَحَدواthey denied الحبَّlove وَلَكِنْand yet
جَحَدوا الحبَّ وَلَكِنْ
كَتَموهُthey concealed it ثمّthen باحواthey confessed
كَتَموهُ ثمّ باحوا
They denied love, and yet
They denied love, but then unveiled it
hid it, then confessed it.
And confessed it.
وَلَهمand they have ألسُنُtongues دمعٍtears
وَلَهم ألسُنُ دمعٍ
تَرجَمتْinterpreted عنهُfor it فِصاحُeloquent
تَرجَمتْ عنهُ فِصاحُ
And they have tongues of tears
Their teary eyes have tongues
that eloquently spoke for it.
That expressed it with eloquence.
لَيتَif only أَهلَpeople of العِشْقِpassionate love ماتواthey died
لَيتَ أَهلَ العِشْقِ ماتوا
فَأَراحواso they gave others rest وَاِستَراحواand they found rest
فَأَراحوا وَاِستَراحوا
If only the lovers would die,
If only those in love had died
and so give others rest and find rest themselves.
To find rest and gain relief!
Sol 6.1