لمdid not أقضI fulfill منكfrom you مراديmy desire
لم أقض منك مرادي
ولاnor شفيتI quenched غليليmy burning thirst
ولا شفيت غليلي
I have not gained from you what I desire,
My desires from you are unfulfilled
nor quenched my burning thirst.
Nor has my anguish been healed
ياO فتنتيmy enchantment فيin مقاميmy staying
يا فتنتي في مقامي
ومحنتيand my torment فيin رحيليmy departure
ومحنتي في رحيلي
O my enchantment when I stay,
O my temptation in my abode
and my torment when I leave.
And my affliction in my departure
ضللتI lost والحبwhile love تيهa trackless wilderness
ضللت والحب تيه
إلىto النجاةdeliverance سبيليmy path
إلى النجاة سبيلي
I lost—love is a wilderness—
I strayed and love is bewildered
my path to deliverance.
To salvation, my path
فمنthen who سواكother than you نصيريmy helper
فمن سواك نصيري
ومنand who سواكother than you دليليmy guide
ومن سواك دليلي
Then who but you is my helper,
So who but you is my aide
and who but you my guide?
And who but you is my guide
أحبI love فيكin you عذابيmy torment
أحب فيك عذابي
ياO هاجريmy forsaker وذبوليand my withering
يا هاجري وذبولي
In you I love my torment—
I love in you my torment
O you who forsake me—and my withering.
O my yearning and my wilt
وتستطيبand savor جفونيmy eyelids
وتستطيب جفوني
علىamid السهادsleeplessness عويليmy wailing
على السهاد عويلي
And my eyelids savor
And my eyelids relish
my wailing amid sleeplessness.
Weeping on the pillow
ياO طيفphantom أنتyou كتابيmy letter
يا طيف أنت كتابي
علىacross النوىseparation ورسوليand my messenger
على النوى ورسولي
O phantom, you are my letter
O phantom you are my book
across the distance, and my messenger.
Of intention and my envoy
فصفso describe لظلّامto the tyrant of قلبيmy heart
فصف لظلّام قلبي
مدامعيmy tears ونحوليand my wasting away
مدامعي ونحولي
So describe to my heart's tyrant
So describe to the darkness of my heart
my tears and my wasting away,
My tears and my frailty
وانقلand convey إليهto him شكاتيmy complaint
وانقل إليه شكاتي
فيin حبهlove for him وذهوليand my bewilderment
في حبه وذهولي
and convey to him my complaint
And convey to it my complaints
in loving him, and my bewilderment,
Of its love and my swoon
وماand what جناهhe perpetrated it رقيبيmy watcher
وما جناه رقيبي
وماand what جناهhe perpetrated it عذوليmy reprover
وما جناه عذولي
and what my watcher has wrought,
And the wrong done by my watcher
and what my reprover has wrought.
And the wrong done by my censurer
وصفand describe غليلthe burning thirst of فؤاديmy heart
وصف غليل فؤادي
لريقهfor his saliva المعسولhoney-sweet
لريقه المعسول
And describe my heart's burning thirst
Describe the anguish of my heart
for his honeyed saliva,
To its gentle companion
وماand what تجنّconceal ضلوعيmy ribs
وما تجنّ ضلوعي
للحظهfor his gaze المكحولdarkened with kohl
للحظه المكحول
and what my ribs conceal
And what my ribs have endured
for his kohl-darkened gaze.
For its inebriated moment
رباهmy Lord! منwho لأسيرٍfor a captive
رباه من لأسيرٍ
مصفّدfettered مكبولshackled
مصفّد مكبول
My Lord, who will aid a captive,
It raised a captive prisoner
fettered and shackled,
Shackled and fettered
يهيمhe wanders بينamong رسومtraces
يهيم بين رسوم
منof المنىhopes وطلولand ruins
من المنى وطلول
who wanders among traces
Wandering between traces
of hopes, and ruins,
Of wish and pursuit
حبستyou confined وقدthe burning of حشاهhis entrails
حبست وقد حشاه
علىto غريرa guileless one ملولeasily bored
على غرير ملول
whose inward fire you have confined
Imprisoned while it inhabited
to a guileless, fickle one,
A twisted bed
مصرّدsparing in العطفtenderness ضارٍaccustomed
مصرّد العطف ضارٍ
علىto العقوقingratitude مطولforever stalling
على العقوق مطول
sparing in tenderness, accustomed
Tender of compassion, harmful
to ingratitude, forever stalling?
To obstinacy, prolonged
Sol 6.1