وَراضيand one content القَلبِat heart غَضبانِangry اللِسانِof tongue
وَراضي القَلبِ غَضبانِ اللِسانِ
لَهُhe has خُلقانِtwo dispositions ماnot يَتَشابَهانِthey resemble each other
لَهُ خُلقانِ ما يَتَشابَهانِ
And one content at heart, yet angry of tongue:
A blissful heart with an angry tongue
He has two dispositions that are nothing alike.
Has two natures that never coincide
يُسِرُّhe conceals مَوَدَّتيaffection for me وَيُطيلُand he prolongs هَجريhis shunning of me
يُسِرُّ مَوَدَّتي وَيُطيلُ هَجري
وَيَمزُجُand he mingles ليfor me المَوَدَّةَaffection بِالهَوانِwith humiliation
وَيَمزُجُ لي المَوَدَّةَ بِالهَوانِ
He conceals his affection for me and prolongs his shunning of me,
He gladdens my affection and prolongs my estrangement
And for me he mingles affection with humiliation.
Intertwining affection with humiliation