منwhoever كانis حبُّهْhis beloved مَعُهْwith him هيهاتfar be it يلقىhe encounters حزنْsorrow
من كان حبُّهْ مَعُهْ هيهات يلقى حزنْ
ياO منyou whose صفاتُهْhis attributes لأنواعfor the forms of التجليmanifestation حُزْنْthey have encompassed
يا من صفاتُهْ لأنواع التجلي حُزْنْ
Whoever has his beloved beside him—far be it that he should ever know sorrow.
Whoever has his beloved with him is far from knowing sorrow.
O you whose attributes encompass the modes of divine self-disclosure!
O you whose attributes have encompassed the forms of manifestation!
وقلand say لمنto him whose غيدْlissome maidens أفكارُهْhis thoughts عليناby us جُزْنْthey passed
وقل لمن غيدْ أفكارُهْ علينا جُزْنْ
هذيthese الفعائلْdeeds تُرىI wonder فيin أيwhich مذهبْschool of thought جُزْنْthey were permissible
هذي الفعائلْ تُرى في أي مذهبْ جُزْنْ
And tell the one whose thoughts—graceful maidens—have passed us by:
And tell him whose thoughts’ lissome maidens have passed us by:
“These virtues—I wonder, through which school of thought have they passed?”
In what school of thought, I wonder, were these deeds permitted?
