ياO حَبيباًbeloved وُدُّهُhis affection لِلنfor the peo- (word fragment)
يا حَبيباً وُدُّهُ لِلن
ناسِ-ple (word completion) تِمثالُthe image النِّفاقِhypocrisy
ناسِ تِمثالُ النِّفاقِ
O beloved, whose affection for
O friend whose affection for people is the image of hypocrisy
people is the image of hypocrisy,
You are the full moon but you are destined for the wane
أَنتَyou بَدرُfull moon التَمِّfullness لَكِنbut
أَنتَ بَدرُ التَمِّ لَكِن
لَكَyou have عَهدٌa pledge فيin المَحاقِthe moon’s dark phase
لَكَ عَهدٌ في المَحاقِ
You are the moon at its fullest, but
We have tested you in good times and bad
your pledge lies in the moon’s dark phase.
And found that you are good only for parting
قَدindeed بَلَوناكَwe have tested you عَلىin حاcondi- (word fragment)
قَد بَلَوناكَ عَلى حا
لِ-tion (word completion) الثَّنائيthe pair وَالتَّلاقيand meeting
لِ الثَّنائي وَالتَّلاقي
We have indeed tested you in the condition
of pairing and meeting,
فَإِذاand behold أَنَّكَthat you لاnot تَصyou are sui- (word fragment)
فَإِذا أَنَّكَ لا تَص
لُحُ-ted (word completion) إِلّاexcept لِلفِراقِfor parting
لُحُ إِلّا لِلفِراقِ
and behold, you are not
suited to anything but parting.
Partial English translation: 4 of 8 Arabic lines translated.