لَيسَnot يَدريknows إِلّاexcept اللَطيفُthe Subtle الخَبيرُthe All-Aware
لَيسَ يَدري إِلّا اللَطيفُ الخَبيرُ
أَيُّwhat شَيىءٍthing تُطوىare folded shut عَلَيهِover it الصُدورُthe breasts
أَيُّ شَيىءٍ تُطوى عَلَيهِ الصُدورُ
None knows but the Subtle, the All-Aware
what lies enfolded within the breasts.
وَيَقولونَand they say إِنَّكَthat you المَرءُthe man بِالغَيin absence (word continues)
وَيَقولونَ إِنَّكَ المَرءُ بِالغَي
بِcompletion of 'in absence' مُحامٍa defender عَنِon behalf of الصَديقِthe friend نَصورُa staunch supporter
بِ مُحامٍ عَنِ الصَديقِ نَصورُ
And they say you are the man who, in a friend's absence,
defends him and steadfastly supports him.
فَإِذاbut when جِئتُI come زائِراًas a visitor حَجَبَتveiled وَجface (word continues)
فَإِذا جِئتُ زائِراً حَجَبَت وَج
هَكَyour (completes 'your face') عَنّيfrom me كَآبَةٌgloom وَبُسورُand scowling
هَكَ عَنّي كَآبَةٌ وَبُسورُ
But when I come to visit, your face is veiled
from me by gloom and scowling.
فَتَطَلَّقso be cheerful مَعَwith العَنايَةِattentiveness إِنَّindeed الthe
فَتَطَلَّق مَعَ العَنايَةِ إِنَّ ال
بِشرَcheerfulness فيin أَكثَرِmost الأُمورِmatters بَشيرُa herald of good tidings
بِشرَ في أَكثَرِ الأُمورِ بَشيرُ
So be cheerful as well as attentive; for
cheerfulness, in most affairs, is a herald of good tidings.
إِنَّindeed فيin البِشرِcheerfulness رَوضَةًa garden فَإِذاand if كاis (word continues)
إِنَّ في البِشرِ رَوضَةً فَإِذا كا
نَcompletion of 'is' بِبَذلٍwith generosity فَرَوضَةٌthen a garden وَغَديرُand a pool
نَ بِبَذلٍ فَرَوضَةٌ وَغَديرُ
Indeed, in cheerfulness is a garden; and if it is
joined with generosity, a garden and a pool.
فَاِقسِمِso divide اللَحظَthe gaze بَينَناamong us إِنَّindeed فيin اللَحthe glance (word continues)
فَاِقسِمِ اللَحظَ بَينَنا إِنَّ في اللَح
ظِcompletion of 'the glance' لَعُنوانُsurely a sign of ماwhat يَجِنُّconceals الضَميرُthe heart
ظِ لَعُنوانُ ما يَجِنُّ الضَميرُ
So share your gaze among us; for a glance
is surely a sign of what the heart conceals.