ياO قلبُheart كمhow often يَستخفّكُunsettles you القَلقُanxiety
يا قلبُ كم يَستخفّكُ القَلقُ
غَيرُnot جميلٍbecoming بمثلِكfor one like you الخُرُقُfoolishness
غَيرُ جميلٍ بمثلِك الخُرُقُ
O heart, how often anxiety unsettles you!
O heart, how anxiety deceives you
Foolishness ill becomes one like you.
Nothing improves your wounds like it does
أكلُّis all...? هَذاthis خوفَfor fear of الفِراقِparting وهَلand will...?
أكلُّ هَذا خوفَ الفِراقِ وهَل
يُجديbe of use عليكَto you الحِذارُcaution والفَرَقُand dread
يُجدي عليكَ الحِذارُ والفَرَقُ
Is all this for fear of parting? And will
All this is fear of parting, but does
caution and dread be of any use to you?
Caution or separation help you?
أينَwhere تَصُونyou safeguard الأسْرَارَsecrets فيكَwithin you إذَاwhen
أينَ تَصُون الأسْرَارَ فيكَ إذَا
تَحكَّمَtakes control الوجدُlonging فيكover you والحُرَقُand burning anguish
تَحكَّمَ الوجدُ فيك والحُرَقُ
Where within you can you safeguard secrets, when
Where do you hide your secrets if
longing and burning anguish rule over you?
Passion and burning rule you?
لَكfor you التأسّيtaking solace بالناسِin other people كمhow often عَثَرstumbled الthe
لَك التأسّي بالناسِ كم عَثَر ال
دّهرُtime بشَملِagainst the union of الجميعِeveryone فافتَرَقُواso they parted
دّهرُ بشَملِ الجميعِ فافتَرَقُوا
You can take solace in others: how often has
You sympathize with people, how often
time tripped up everyone's union, and they parted!
Fate caused their unity to scatter
مَاnot أنتَyou بِدعٌan exception فيin سُخطِresenting سِيرَتهِits conduct
مَا أنتَ بِدعٌ في سُخطِ سِيرَتهِ
كلّeveryone عَلىtoward الدّهرِtime ساخطٌresentful حَنِقُwrathful
كلّ عَلى الدّهرِ ساخطٌ حَنِقُ
You are no exception in resenting its ways;
You're not the first disgusted with
everyone is resentful and wrathful toward time.
Its ways; all are angry and sullen with fate
دَعْleave ذَاthis ففيهfor in it عَنto لَومِنَاour reproach صَمَمٌdeafness
دَعْ ذَا ففيه عَن لَومِنَا صَمَمٌ
وهْوand it بِنَاtoward us مَاas علِمتَهyou have known it عُقَقُundutiful
وهْو بِنَا مَا علِمتَه عُقَقُ
Leave this be: it is deaf to our reproach,
Leave this be - it is deaf to our blame
and toward us, as you know, it is undutiful.
And you know well it defies us
Sol 6.1