إِصلاحُmending قلبِكَyour heart أَعيانيexhausted me فأَحْيَانيthen revived me
إِصلاحُ قلبِكَ أَعياني فأَحْيَاني
واليأسُand despair منكَof you إلىtoward السّلوانِforgetfulness أَلْجانِيdrove me
واليأسُ منكَ إلى السّلوانِ أَلْجانِي
Mending your heart exhausted me, then revived me.
Reforming your heart gives me life, so revive me
And despair of you drove me toward forgetfulness.
And despairing of you leads me to withdrawal
كمhow long ذاthis التّجنّيunjust blame وَماand what ذَنبيmy sin إليكَagainst you سِوىexcept
كم ذا التّجنّي وَما ذَنبي إليكَ سِوى
حُبّيmy love فَصَفحاًso pardon عَنِfor المُستَغْفِرِthe seeker of forgiveness الجَانيthe offender
حُبّي فَصَفحاً عَنِ المُستَغْفِرِ الجَاني
How long this unjust blame? What is my sin against you, save
How much this alienation, when my only crime toward you
My love? Then pardon the guilty one who seeks forgiveness.
Is my love, so pardon the repentant sinner
هَواكَlove for you أَخطَأَنيfailed me قَصدِيmy aim وكُنتُand I was أَرىI believed
هَواكَ أَخطَأَني قَصدِي وكُنتُ أَرى
أَنَّthat الهَوىlove مِنكَto you يُدنِينيbrings me near فأَقْصانيbut drove me away
أَنَّ الهَوى مِنكَ يُدنِيني فأَقْصاني
In loving you, my aim failed me, and I had thought
Your love made me miss my aim, and I thought
That love would draw me near to you, but it drove me away.
That love from you would draw me nearer, yet it distanced me
أَغراكَemboldened you ظَنُّكَyour belief أَنّيthat I لاnot يُطاوِعُنِيobeys me
أَغراكَ ظَنُّكَ أَنّي لا يُطاوِعُنِي
قَلبيmy heart إِذاwhen سُمْتُهُI demanded of it صَبراًpatience بِهجْرانِيin my being forsaken
قَلبي إِذا سُمْتُهُ صَبراً بِهجْرانِي
Your belief emboldened you—that I would not be obeyed
You were deceived into thinking I cannot
By my heart when I bade it endure your forsaking me.
Make my heart obedient when I command it to abandon me
وَلَستُand I am not أُنكرُI deny مِنهُin it فَرطَexcess صبوتِهِits passion
وَلَستُ أُنكرُ مِنهُ فَرطَ صبوتِهِ
لَكِنَّهُbut it عَنfrom هَوىًlove بالهُونِwith humiliation يَنْهانِيrestrains me
لَكِنَّهُ عَن هَوىً بالهُونِ يَنْهانِي
And I do not deny its excessive passion,
I do not deny its overflowing passion
But it restrains me from love that brings humiliation.
But it warns me against a love that disgraces me
Sol 6.1