علىin كلّevery حالٍcircumstance أنتِyou قاسيةُhard القلبِthe heart
على كلّ حالٍ أنتِ قاسيةُ القلبِ
فلاso neither عَذَلِيmy reproach يُجديavails عليّfor me ولاnor عَتْبيmy rebuke
فلا عَذَلِي يُجدي عليّ ولا عَتْبي
In every circumstance, you are hard-hearted.
You are still so cruel at heart
So neither my reproach nor my rebuke avails me.
My reproach and blame will not affect you
ولمand did not أنْسهاforget her يومَon the day of الفراقِparting ووجهُهاand her face
ولم أنْسها يومَ الفراقِ ووجهُها
يُضيءُshines لَناfor us خلفَbehind البراقعِthe face-veils والحُجْبِand the screens
يُضيءُ لَنا خلفَ البراقعِ والحُجْبِ
Nor have I forgotten her on the day of parting, when her face
I've not forgotten her face the day we parted
shone for us behind the face-veils and screens.
It shines on us from behind the veils
تَقولُshe says أَلاah رِفقاًgentleness بقلبكَwith your heart فيin الهَوىlove
تَقولُ أَلا رِفقاً بقلبكَ في الهَوى
فقلتُso I said وهلand is there لِيfor me يومَon the day of بينِكِyour departure منany قلبِheart
فقلتُ وهل لِي يومَ بينِكِ من قلبِ
She says, "Ah, be gentle with your heart in love."
You say, be gentle with your heart in passion
I replied, "But have I any heart on the day of your departure?"
I say, is there a heart left in me towards you
ولولاand were it not for الهَوىlove ماnot خارَweakened للعجْمِunder testing مَعْجَمِيmy mettle
ولولا الهَوى ما خارَ للعجْمِ مَعْجَمِي
ولاnor لانَsoftened يوماًever فيin أنامِلكمyour fingertips صَعبيmy stubborn nature
ولا لانَ يوماً في أنامِلكم صَعبي
And were it not for love, my mettle would not have weakened under testing,
If not for passion, my words would not be complex
nor would my stubborn nature ever have softened beneath your fingertips.
Nor would my veins flow in your soft hands
فَإنso if كنتُمُyou are تَعصونyou disobey أمرِيmy command تجنّياًunjustly
فَإن كنتُمُ تَعصون أمرِي تجنّياً
فأعْصىthen more disobedient لأمريto my command منكُمُthan you أبداًalways قلبيmy heart
فأعْصى لأمري منكُمُ أبداً قلبي
So if you disobey my command unjustly,
If you disobey me out of spite
then my heart is always more disobedient to my command than you.
Then my heart will disobey your wishes forever
Sol 6.1