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Does my malady kill me while you're my doctor?

أيقتلني دائي وأنت طبيبي

1. Does my malady kill me while you're my doctor?
A doctor who's near, though the near stays unseen.

١. أَيَقْتُلُني دائي وَأَنتَ طَبيبي
قَريبٌ وَهلْ منْ لا يُرى بقَريبِ

2. If you break your vow, I'm no oath-breaker,
What lover ever betrayed his darling's trust?

٢. لَئِنْ خُنْتَ عَهْدِي إنَّني غَيْرُ خَائنٍ
وَأَيُّ مُحبٍّ خَانَ عَهْدَ حَبِيبِ

3. A gale on the dune, she sways like a branch
of sweet basil above the high ground.

٣. وَسَاحِبَةٍ فَضْلَ الذُّيُولِ كأَنَّهَا
قَضِيبٌ مِنَ الرَّيْحانِ فَوْقَ كَثيبِ

4. When her breasts showed from her shift, my friend said:
"Obey me. Take some when her gown gapes."

٤. إِذَا ما بَدَتْ مِنْ خِدْرِهَا قَالَ صَاحِبي
أَطِعْني وَخُذْ مِنْ وَصلِهَا بِنَصيبِ

5. Not every bright one offers you wisdom;
not every giver of counsel is wise.

٥. فَما كُلُّ ذي لُبٍّ بِمُؤْتِيكَ نُصْحَهُ
وَمَا كُلُّ مُؤْتٍ نُصْحَهُ بِلَبِيبِ