تَجَنَّبنَنيThey shunned me مِنfrom بَعدِafter شُحٍّpossessiveness وَغَيرَةٍand jealousy
تَجَنَّبنَني مِن بَعدِ شُحٍّ وَغَيرَةٍ
عَلَيَّover me فَماso not ليfor me عِندَهُنَّwith them نَصيبُa share
عَلَيَّ فَما لي عِندَهُنَّ نَصيبُ
They shunned me after stinginess and jealousy
They have shunned me after possessiveness and jealousy
over me—so I have no share with them.
over me; so I have no share with them.
إِذاif أَناI لَمnot أُمنَعI am refused فَأَضعَفُthen the weakest طالِبٍsuitor
إِذا أَنا لَم أُمنَع فَأَضعَفُ طالِبٍ
وَإِنand if لَمnot أُطَعI am obeyed عُدَّتwere reckoned لَهُنَّagainst them ذُنوبُsins
وَإِن لَم أُطَع عُدَّت لَهُنَّ ذُنوبُ
If I am not refused, then I am the feeblest of suitors;
If I am not refused, then I am the weakest of suitors;
and if I am not obeyed, sins are reckoned against them.
and if I am not obeyed, sins are reckoned against them.
فَلاso not أَناI لِلعِرفانِbecause of awareness بِالهَجرِof abandonment أَنثَنيI turn away
فَلا أَنا لِلعِرفانِ بِالهَجرِ أَنثَني
وَلاand not النَفسُthe soul عَمّاfrom what لاnot تَنالُit attains تَطيبُis content
وَلا النَفسُ عَمّا لا تَنالُ تَطيبُ
Yet abandonment will not turn me from grateful loyalty,
So awareness of their abandonment does not make me turn away,
nor can the soul gladly relinquish what it cannot attain.
nor is the soul content to forgo what it cannot attain.
