ياO ناظِراًone who looks يَرنوgazes بِعَينَيwith the two eyes of راقِدِa sleeper
يا ناظِراً يَرنو بِعَينَي راقِدِ
وَمُشاهِداًand a witness لِلأَمرِto the matter غَيرَnot مُشاهِدِa witness
وَمُشاهِداً لِلأَمرِ غَيرَ مُشاهِدِ
O onlooker, gazing with the eyes of one asleep,
O you who gaze with a sleeper's eyes,
and witness to the matter, yet as one who does not see—
And you who witness the matter, yet do not see:
مَنَّتكَfilled you with hopes نَفسُكَyour soul ضَلَّةًin error وَأَبَحتَهاand you opened to it
مَنَّتكَ نَفسُكَ ضَلَّةً وَأَبَحتَها
طُرُقَpaths الرَجاءِhope وَهُنَّand they غَيرُnot قَواصِدِleading aright
طُرُقَ الرَجاءِ وَهُنَّ غَيرُ قَواصِدِ
Your soul has deluded you, and you have granted it
Your soul has fed you delusive hopes, and you have opened to it
the paths of hope—though none of them leads to its goal.
The paths of hope, though they do not lead aright.
تَصِلُyou join الذُنوبَsins إِلىto الذُنوبِsins وَترتَجيand you hope for
تَصِلُ الذُنوبَ إِلى الذُنوبِ وَترتَجي
دَركَattainment of الجِنانِParadise's gardens بِهاthrough them وَفَوزَand the triumph of العابِدِthe worshipper
دَركَ الجِنانِ بِها وَفَوزَ العابِدِ
You heap sin upon sin, yet still you hope
You heap sin upon sin, yet hope
through them to attain the Gardens and the worshiper’s triumph.
To attain Paradise's gardens through them, and the worshipper's triumph.
وَنَسيتَand you forgot أَنَّthat اللَهَGod أَخرَجَexpelled آدَماًAdam
وَنَسيتَ أَنَّ اللَهَ أَخرَجَ آدَماً
مِنهاfrom them إِلىto الدُنياthis world بِذَنبٍfor a sin واحِدِsingle
مِنها إِلى الدُنيا بِذَنبٍ واحِدِ
And you have forgotten that God cast Adam out
And you have forgotten that God expelled Adam
from there into this world for a single sin.
From them into this world for a single sin.
