شرحتُI opened لوجديto my longing فيin محبتكمlove for you صدراa breast
شرحتُ لوجدي في محبتكم صدرا
وقدand indeed صبرتI urged to patience نفسيmy soul فلمyet not أستطعI could صَبراpatience
وقد صبرت نفسي فلم أستطع صَبرا
I opened my breast to my yearning in loving you,
I explained to my love the love I have for you all
And I urged my soul to patience, yet could not endure.
And though I tried, my soul could not be patient
ومنand whoever ظَنthinks سلوانيmy forgetting you منpart of البرrighteousness والتقىand piety
ومن ظَن سلواني من البر والتقى
فانيthen indeed I إلىto الرحمنthe All-Merciful منfrom ظنهhis belief أبراI disavow
فاني إلى الرحمن من ظنه أبرا
And whoever thinks my forgetting you part of righteousness and piety—
Whoever thought I lacked in piety and virtue
Then, before the All-Merciful, I disavow his belief.
I'm far more righteous in God's view than their assumptions
فياso, O يوسفَYusuf الحسنِof beauty الذيwhom مذsince لقيتُهI met him
فيا يوسفَ الحسنِ الذي مذ لقيتُه
بسيارةٍwith a caravan منof فكرتيmy thoughts قلتُI said ياO بُشرىglad tidings
بسيارةٍ من فكرتي قلتُ يا بُشرى
So, O Yusuf of beauty, ever since I met you
Oh beautiful Yusuf, since I first saw you
With a caravan of my thoughts, I have cried, “O glad tidings!”
With many thoughts, I said "This is good news!"
لئنeven if خوفتنيfrightened me منabout تجنيكyour cruelty عذليmy reproachers
لئن خوفتني من تجنيك عذلي
فانthen indeed معwith العسرhardship الذيwhich زعمواthey alleged يُسراease
فان مع العسر الذي زعموا يُسرا
Even if my reproachers frighten me with your cruelty,
If you feared I'd blame you, don't worry
Then surely, with the hardship they allege, there is ease.
After hardship, they say, is ease
وقلتُand I said لعذاليto my reproachers ألمdid ... not? تعلمواyou know الهوىlove
وقلتُ لعذالي ألم تعلموا الهوى
لقدindeed جئتمyou have done شيئاًsomething بذلكمُby that نكراdreadful
لقد جئتم شيئاً بذلكمُ نكرا
And I said to my reproachers, “Have you not known love?
And I told my blamers, "Don't you know love?
You have indeed done something dreadful by doing that!”
In this you have done something improper"
شفيتyou healed عليلَthe one sick الشوقِof longing منكfrom you برقعةٍwith a note
شفيت عليلَ الشوقِ منك برقعةٍ
فطوبىso blessed لمنfor whoever يحظىis favored بهاwith it مرةًa time أخرىanother
فطوبى لمن يحظى بها مرةً أخرى
With a note from you, you healed the one sick with longing;
A glimpse of you cured my lovesick heart
So blessed is whoever is favored with it once again!
Blessed is he who sees it again
وأيand whichever عذولٍreproacher كانhas been فيin الحبِlove عاذريone who excuses me
وأي عذولٍ كان في الحبِ عاذري
فذاكَso that one الذيwhom قدindeed يسرَhas prepared اللَهGod لليسرىfor the easier way
فذاكَ الذي قد يسرَ اللَه لليسرى
And whichever reproacher has excused me in love—
Any blamer of love that blamed me
That is the one whom God has prepared for the easier way.
God has made things easy for him on the left side
Sol 6.1