يناجيكcommunes with you سرa secret قامarose فيin القلبthe heart قائمهits keeper
يناجيك سر قام في القلب قائمه
علىover فوتloss قلبa heart فيكin you ضلتwent astray عزائمهits resolves
على فوت قلب فيك ضلت عزائمه
A secret communes with you, its presence risen within the heart,
A secret whose keeper has arisen in the heart communes with you
over a heart lost in you, whose firm resolves have gone astray.
over the loss of a heart whose resolves have gone astray in you.
إذاwhen رمتI seek عقدbinding الشيءthe thing منيof mine حللتهyou untie it
إذا رمت عقد الشيء مني حللته
وتعقدand you bind ماwhat قدalready حلuntied سريmy secret فتبرمهthen you fasten it firmly
وتعقد ما قد حل سري فتبرمه
Whenever I try to bind some matter of mine, you undo it;
When I seek to bind something of mine, you untie it,
and you bind what my secret has undone, twisting it fast.
and you bind what my secret has untied, then fasten it firmly.
فكيفso how احتياليmy devising a way بالذيregarding what أناI طالبseeking
فكيف احتيالي بالذي أنا طالب
إذاwhen كنتyou are خصماًan adversary بالذيconcerning what أنتyou حاكمهits judge
إذا كنت خصماً بالذي أنت حاكمه
How can I devise a way to attain what I seek,
How, then, can I devise a way to what I seek,
when you are both my adversary in it and its judge?
when you are an adversary in the matter over which you are judge?
