نشدتُكُماI adjure you both ياO مُدَّعِيَّيْنِtwo claimants سَلوةًrelief from longing
نشدتُكُما يا مُدَّعِيَّيْنِ سَلوةً
عنfrom الحُبِّlove لِمْwhy يُستحسنُis deemed good الظُّلمُinjustice فيin الحُبِّlove
عن الحُبِّ لِمْ يُستحسنُ الظُّلمُ في الحُبِّ
I adjure you both, you two who claim relief
I implore you two pretenders for an answer
from love: why is injustice deemed fair in love?
About love - why is injustice considered good in love?
وماand what بالُهis the matter with it يَلَقىencounters البَريءُthe innocent منfrom الضَّنىwasting sickness
وما بالُه يَلَقى البَريءُ من الضَّنى
جَريرَةَthe penalty for ماwhat يأتيcommits المسيءُthe wrongdoer منof الذَّنْبِsin
جَريرَةَ ما يأتي المسيءُ من الذَّنْبِ
And why does the innocent, through wasting sickness, bear
And why is the innocent blamed for suspicion
the penalty for the sin the wrongdoer commits?
When no wrong was done by the accused?
وكيفَand how استمرَّhas persisted الجَورُinjustice فيهin it وأُوجِبَتْand was decreed
وكيفَ استمرَّ الجَورُ فيه وأُوجِبَتْ
عقوبةُthe punishment for ماwhat تَجنيcommit as wrongdoing العيونُthe eyes علىupon القلبِthe heart
عقوبةُ ما تَجني العيونُ على القلبِ
And how has injustice persisted in love, and why is it decreed
How did injustice become allowed in love
that the heart bear the punishment for the wrongs the eyes commit?
And punishment ordained for what eyes inflict upon the heart?