خَلَعْتُI cast off عِزِّيmy honor ودينيand my faith
خَلَعْتُ عِزِّي وديني
فيfor أهْيَفِslender القدِّstature لَدْنِهْsupple in his stature
في أهْيَفِ القدِّ لَدْنِهْ
I have cast off my honor and my faith
I shed my honor and religion
for one of slender, supple stature.
In the wastes of time near him
يَسْطوhe strikes بسيفِwith the sword of المنونِdeath
يَسْطو بسيفِ المنونِ
ماnot جَفْنُهُhis eyelid غيرُother than جَفْنِهْits sheath
ما جَفْنُهُ غيرُ جَفْنِهْ
He strikes with the sword of death;
Death wields the sword of demise
his eyelid is nothing but its sheath.
None but he can stay its blade
ياO قَسْوةcruelty الحبِّof love لينيsoften!
يا قَسْوة الحبِّ ليني
ولوand even if بِرُمّانِwith the pomegranates of غُصْنِهhis bough
ولو بِرُمّانِ غُصْنِه
O cruelty of love, soften,
O cruelty of love, be gentle
even if only through the pomegranates of his bough.
Though but with the boughs of pomegranates
لمdid not نَبقَremain منيof me بقِيهْa remnant
لم نَبقَ مني بقِيهْ
تُرْجَىto be hoped for لدنياًfor worldly life ولاnor دينْfaith
تُرْجَى لدنياً ولا دينْ
No remnant of me is left
Naught of me remains
to hold any promise for worldly life or faith.
That hopes for world or faith
ماnot الحبُّlove إلاexcept مَنِيّهْdeath
ما الحبُّ إلا مَنِيّهْ
وارَحْمَتاah, pity! للمحبينfor lovers
وارَحْمَتا للمحبين
Love is nothing but death.
Love is but perdition
Ah, pity for lovers!
Have mercy upon lovers
عَبْدَservant of المليكthe Sovereign أُحِبُّكْI love you
عَبْدَ المليك أُحِبُّكْ
ولاand no سبيلَway إليكْto you
ولا سبيلَ إليكْ
Abd al-Malik, I love you,
Abdul Malik, I love you
yet there is no way to reach you.
Yet no way to you exists
مولايَmy lord حسْبيenough for me وحسْبُكْand enough for you
مولايَ حسْبي وحسْبُكْ
قدindeed ذُبتُI have melted وجداًwith longing عليكْfor you
قد ذُبتُ وجداً عليكْ
My lord, enough for me—and for you!
My Lord, you suffice me
I have melted with longing for you.
I pine, longing for you
حتىuntil مَwhen? يَضْنَىwastes away مُحبُّكْyour lover
حتى مَ يَضْنَى مُحبُّكْ
وبُرْؤُهْand his recovery فيin يَدَيْكْyour hands
وبُرْؤُهْ في يَدَيْكْ
How long must your lover waste away,
Until your lover wastes away
when his recovery lies in your hands?
And relief lies in your hands
اللهَfor God's sake اللهَfor God's sake فيَّهْconcerning me
اللهَ اللهَ فيَّهْ
فررتُI fled فيin حَرْبِthe battle of صفّينْSiffin
فررتُ في حَرْبِ صفّينْ
For God's sake, for God's sake, take pity on me!
God, God, have mercy
I fled in the battle of Siffin.
I fled the battle of Siffin
كمhow many فيكَin you منof أُمْنِيَّهْa hope
كم فيكَ من أُمْنِيَّهْ
أمْسَىhas become بهاwith it الحتفُdeath مقرونbound
أمْسَى بها الحتفُ مقرون
How many a hope rests in you,
How much in you my wishes rested
with death now bound to it!
Yet fate them overtook
اللهَGod بينيbetween me وبينكْand between you
اللهَ بيني وبينكْ
ياO قاتِليmy killer بِجَفَائِهْwith his coldness
يا قاتِلي بِجَفَائِهْ
May God judge between me and you,
God, between me and you
O you who kill me with your coldness!
O my killer, by your disdain
حَمَّلتَyou burdened قلبيَmy heart بينكyour parting
حَمَّلتَ قلبيَ بينك
ولاand no دواءَremedy لدائهfor its illness
ولا دواءَ لدائه
You burdened my heart with your parting,
You burdened my heart between us
and there is no remedy for its illness.
And no cure exists for its pain
هلdoes ...? يَقتضيclaim repayment الصبُّthe lovesick lover دَينَكْyour debt
هل يَقتضي الصبُّ دَينَكْ
والموتُand death دونَin the way of قضائهits repayment
والموتُ دونَ قضائه
Can the lovesick lover claim the debt you owe,
Can passion claim your faith
while death bars its repayment?
And death, without its decree?
رفقاًgently! بنفسٍwith a soul أَبِيَّهْproud
رفقاً بنفسٍ أَبِيَّهْ
لولاكَbut for you لمdid not تدرِknow ماwhat الهُونْhumiliation
لولاكَ لم تدرِ ما الهُونْ
Deal gently with a proud soul,
Gently, with a soul unwilling
which, but for you, would not have known humiliation.
Without you, it knows no humiliation
تدعوكit calls upon you وهيand it is درِيَّهْaware
تدعوك وهي درِيَّهْ
كماas دعاcalled upon اللهَGod ذاthe possessor of النونthe fish
كما دعا اللهَ ذا النون
It calls upon you, knowing full well,
It calls you, aware
as Dhu al-Nun called upon God.
As Thul Nun called on God
لاnot أكتمُI conceal الحبَّlove بَعْدُany longer
لا أكتمُ الحبَّ بَعْدُ
قدindeed ضِقتُI have grown strained ذَرْعاًin endurance بكتمهْby concealing it
قد ضِقتُ ذَرْعاً بكتمهْ
I shall no longer conceal love;
No more I hide this love
I can no longer bear concealing it.
I'm weary with concealing it
لاmay ... not رقَّshow pity ليto me مَنْthe one whom أوَدُّI love
لا رقَّ لي مَنْ أوَدُّ
إنif لمnot أُصرِّحI speak openly عنِabout اسمهْhis name
إن لم أُصرِّح عنِ اسمهْ
May the one I love show me no pity,
I've no comfort loving one
if I do not declare his name.
If I proclaim not his name
قلْtell للرقيبto the watcher سأَشدوI shall sing
قلْ للرقيب سأَشدو
بردِّهwith his rebuff أوor بِرَغْمِهagainst his will
بردِّه أو بِرَغْمِه
Tell the watcher: I shall sing,
Say to the watcher, I will sing
in the face of his rebuff or against his will.
Whether he scowls or rages
إذاwhen دخلتyou enter الحنيَّهْthe vaulted chamber
إذا دخلت الحنيَّهْ
فاجنحْthen turn إلىtoward حُورِهاits houris العينْwide-eyed
فاجنحْ إلى حُورِها العينْ
When you enter the vaulted chamber,
When sorrow comes
turn toward its wide-eyed houris,
Seek the tender gazelles there
واخصصand single out بأدنىwith the slightest تحيّهgreeting
واخصص بأدنى تحيّه
عبدservant of المليكَthe Sovereign بنson of ذنينDhanin
عبد المليكَ بن ذنين
and single out with the slightest greeting
And give greetings in particular
Abd al-Malik ibn Dhanin.
To Abdul Malik bin Thani
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.