قُلSay للّوائِمto the reproachers كُفّواcease عنfrom مَلامِكُمُyour blame
قُل للّوائِم كُفّوا عن مَلامِكُمُ
فإنَّهfor it يَستَثِيرُstirs up الهمَّsorrow والأَسَفَاand regret
فإنَّه يَستَثِيرُ الهمَّ والأَسَفَا
Tell the reproachers: cease your blame,
for it stirs up sorrow and regret.
لاDo not تُذكرونيremind me تَجَنِّيهِhis unjust treatment وهَجْرَتَهِand his desertion
لا تُذكروني تَجَنِّيهِ وهَجْرَتَهِ
فحبُّهfor love of him شَاغِلٌis distracting عنfrom كلِّall ماthat سَلَفَاhas passed
فحبُّه شَاغِلٌ عن كلِّ ما سَلَفَا
Do not remind me of his cruelty and desertion,
for love of him distracts me from all that has passed.
إذاwhen عرضتُI present علىto قلبِيmy heart إساءَتَهُhis mistreatment
إذا عرضتُ على قلبِي إساءَتَهُ
هَفَاit yearns وأنكرَand denies منهاof it كلَّall ماthat عَرَفَاit knew
هَفَا وأنكرَ منها كلَّ ما عَرَفَا
When I lay his mistreatment before my heart,
it yearns and denies every wrong it knew.
وإنand if هممتُI resolve بصبرٍon patient endurance عنهwithout him واجَهَنِيhe confronts me
وإن هممتُ بصبرٍ عنه واجَهَنِي
منfrom وجْهِهِhis face بشفيعٍwith an intercessor زادَنيincreased my شَغَفَاpassion
من وجْهِهِ بشفيعٍ زادَني شَغَفَا
And if I resolve to endure without him, he confronts me
with an intercessor from his face that deepens my passion.
Sol 6.1