قولواقولوا: tell لمولانالمولانا: to our lord الوزيرالوزير: the vizier الذيالذي: who
قولوا لمولانا الوزير الذي
أضاعأضاع: neglected وديودي: my affection ونوىونوى: and intended هجريهجري: to shun me
أضاع ودي ونوى هجري
Tell our lord, the vizier who
Tell our master the minister who
neglected my affection and intended to shun me,
Lost my love and intended to abandon me
وصوتوصوت: and he called out إنإن: if جئتجئت: I came إلىإلى: to بابهبابه: his door
وصوت إن جئت إلى بابه
أجلسنيأجلسني: he made me sit فيفي: on ظاهرظاهر: the outer side السترالستر: of the curtain
أجلسني في ظاهر الستر
and called out if I came to his door,
That if I come to his door,
making me sit outside the curtain:
Seat me outside the curtain.
انان: if كانكان: was ذنبيذنبي: my sin إننيإنني: that I am شاعرشاعر: a poet
ان كان ذنبي إنني شاعر
فاصفخفاصفخ: unclear; possibly 'so pardon' (فاصفح) فقدفقد: for indeed ثبتثبت: has been established منمن: from الشعرالشعر: poetry
فاصفخ فقد ثبت من الشعر
If my sin is that I am a poet,
If my sin is that I am a poet,
then [pardon me?], for it has been proved by poetry.
Then pardon me, for poetry has proven itself.