يَلومونَنيthey blame me فيfor غَيرِother than ذَنبٍa sin جَنَيتُهُI committed it
يَلومونَني في غَيرِ ذَنبٍ جَنَيتُهُ
وَغَيرِيَand someone other than me فيfor كُلِّall الَّذيthat which كانَhappened أَلوَمُmore blameworthy
وَغَيرِيَ في كُلِّ الَّذي كانَ أَلوَمُ
They blame me, though I have committed no sin,
They blame me for a crime I did not commit,
while someone else is more to blame for all that happened.
While others are blamed for all their misdeeds.
أَمِنتُI trusted أُناساًpeople أَنتُمُyou تَأمَنونَهُمyou trust them
أَمِنتُ أُناساً أَنتُمُ تَأمَنونَهُم
فَزادواso they exaggerated عَلَيناagainst us فيin الحَديثِthe talk وَأَوهَمواand misled
فَزادوا عَلَينا في الحَديثِ وَأَوهَموا
I trusted people whom you yourselves trust,
I trusted people you yourself trust,
so they exaggerated the talk against us and misled others.
Yet they spoke ill of us and fabricated tales.
وَقالَواand they said لَناto us ماwhat لَمnot نُقُلwe said ثُمَّthen أَكثَرواthey added more
وَقالَوا لَنا ما لَم نُقُل ثُمَّ أَكثَروا
عَلَيناagainst us وَباحواand they spoke openly بِالَّذيof what كُنتُI was أَكتُمُI conceal
عَلَينا وَباحوا بِالَّذي كُنتُ أَكتُمُ
And they ascribed to us words we never spoke, then said still more
They attributed to us words we never said,
against us, and divulged what I had kept hidden.
Then exaggerated about us and divulged what I kept secret.
وَقَدand indeed كُحِلَتwas lined with kohl عَينيmy eye القَذىgrit لِفِراقِكُمbecause of parting from you
وَقَد كُحِلَت عَيني القَذى لِفِراقِكُم
وَعادَand returned لَهاto it تَهتانُهاits streaming tears فَهيَso it تَسجُمُpours out tears
وَعادَ لَها تَهتانُها فَهيَ تَسجُمُ
And my eye has been lined with grit at parting from you,
Since we parted, my eyes have been sore with grief,
and its torrent of tears has returned, so it pours them forth.
And their wandering has returned, so they shed tears.
فَلاso do not تَصرِمينيforsake me إِنif تَرَينيyou see me أُحِبُّكُمI love you
فَلا تَصرِميني إِن تَرَيني أُحِبُّكُم
أَبوءُI confess بِذَنبيto my sin إِنَّنيindeed I أَناI أَظلَمُmore unjust
أَبوءُ بِذَنبي إِنَّني أَنا أَظلَمُ
So do not forsake me if you see that I love you.
So do not rebuke me if you see me still love you -
I confess my sin; indeed, I am the greater wrongdoer.
I confess my sin, for I have done wrong.
مُنَعَّمَةٌdelicately nurtured لَوif دَبَّcrept ذَرٌّtiny ants بِجِسمِهاover her body
مُنَعَّمَةٌ لَو دَبَّ ذَرٌّ بِجِسمِها
لَكادَwould almost دَبيبُthe creeping الذَرِّof the tiny ants فيover الجِسمِthe body يَكلِمُwound
لَكادَ دَبيبُ الذَرِّ في الجِسمِ يَكلِمُ
Delicately nurtured—if tiny ants crept over her body,
A blessing - if an ant crept on her body,
the ants' creeping over her body would almost wound it.
The ant's creeping on her body would seem to speak.
أَليسَis it not كَثيراًtoo much أَنthat نَكونَwe should be بِبَلدَةٍin a town
أَليسَ كَثيراً أَن نَكونَ بِبَلدَةٍ
كِلاناboth of us بِهاin it ثاوٍdwelling وَلاand not نَتَكَلَّمُwe speak
كِلانا بِها ثاوٍ وَلا نَتَكَلَّمُ
Is it not too much that we should be in the same town,
Is it not enough that we are both in one town,
both of us dwelling there, yet not speaking?
Yet stay apart and do not talk?
Sol 6.1