إِذَا أَنْتَ لَفَّقْتَ الذِي قَالَهُ الشَّقِي

إِذَا أَنْتَ لَفَّقْتَ الذِي قَالَهُ الشَّقِي

تَجِدْ بَخْتِيَاراً اِسْمَ ذَاكَ الْمُمَزَّقِ

تَجِدْ بَخْتِيَاراً اِسْمَ ذَاكَ الْمُمَزَّقِ

If you piece together what the wretched man said,

When you unravel what was said by the wretched one,

If you piece together what the wretched one has said,

you will find Bakhtiyar to be the name of that torn one.

You will find Bakhtiyar to be the name of that torn one.

You will find 'Bakhtiyar' to be the name of that torn man;

فَنِصْفُ اسْمِهِبَخْتٌ وَعَكْسُ الذِي بَقِي

فَنِصْفُ اسْمِهِبَخْتٌ وَعَكْسُ الذِي بَقِي

وَذَلِكَ يَارٌ رَأْيُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحَمَّقِ

وَذَلِكَ يَارٌ رَأْيُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحَمَّقِ

For half his name is “bakht” (fortune), and the reverse of what remains—

Half his name is Bakht, and the reverse of what remains,

For half of his name is 'Bakht', and the reverse of what remains—

namely “yar”—is “ra’y,” the judgment of one not deemed foolish,

Is Yar, the opinion of one not made a fool,

Which is 'Yar'—spells 'Ra'y' [opinion], the view of one not made a fool,

وَلَمْ يَتَعَشَّقْ مَنْ سَيُمْسِي مُمَزَّقاً

وَلَمْ يَتَعَشَّقْ مَنْ سَيُمْسِي مُمَزَّقاً

بِأَيْدِي الْبِلَى فِي التُّرْبِ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقِ

بِأَيْدِي الْبِلَى فِي التُّرْبِ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقِ

and who has not fallen in love with one who will end up torn apart

Nor enamored of her who will end up torn

And who never passionately loved one who will end up torn

by the hands of decay in the dust, utterly torn to pieces.

By the hands of time, in the dust, every torn one.

By the hands of decay within the dust, utterly torn apart.