أناI والحبيبand the beloved ومنand the one who يلومreproaches ثلاثةٌthree
أنا والحبيب ومن يلوم ثلاثةٌ
لهمto them بديعrhetorical artistry الحبlove أصبحhas become ينتميbelong
لهم بديع الحب أصبح ينتمي
I, the beloved, and the one who reproaches make three.
The lover and I and he who blame - we three belong,
Love’s rhetorical artistry has come to belong to them.
To the wondrous love we wake to in the morn.
فليso mine is الجناسparonomasia (wordplay) لأنbecause دمعيmy tears عنfrom دميmy blood
فلي الجناس لأن دمعي عن دمي
يجريflows ألستare you not تراهyou see it مثلlike العندمdragon’s-blood resin (red dye)
يجري ألست تراه مثل العندم
So mine is wordplay, for my tears from my blood
Mine is the wordplay - for my tears and blood
Flow—do you not see them like dragon’s-blood resin?
Flow as one - do you not see them both pour on?
ولهand his is مطابقةantithesis التواصلunion بالقلاwith aversion
وله مطابقة التواصل بالقلا
ولعاذليهand to his reproachers لزومadherence ماwhat لمnot (past negation) يلزمbe required
ولعاذليه لزوم ما لم يلزم
And his is antithesis: union paired with aversion.
And his - correspondence through the heart's communion.
And to his reproachers belongs adherence to what is not required.
As for my critic - binding what need not bind.