وقالَand he said يَوماًone day لِعُوَّادِيto my sickbed visitors وأضحَكهُand made him laugh
وقالَ يَوماً لِعُوَّادِي وأضحَكهُ
ماwhat بِيails me وقَدthough indeed كادَalmost لَولاwere it not for الحُبُّlove يُبكِيهِmakes him weep
ما بِي وقَد كادَ لَولا الحُبُّ يُبكِيهِ
And one day he said to my sickbed visitors, laughing
He said to me one day, laughing,
at my ailment, though, but for love, it would almost have made him weep:
"What's wrong with me? If not for love, I would weep!
إنِّيindeed I لأعرفُcertainly know إنساناًa person يُعالِجُهُtreats him
إنِّي لأعرفُ إنساناً يُعالِجُهُ
دُونَapart from البَريَّةِhumankind فيwith لُطفٍgentleness فَيُبرِيهِand so heals him
دُونَ البَريَّةِ في لُطفٍ فَيُبرِيهِ
“I certainly know someone who treats him,
I know a man who treats me
apart from all others, gently, and so heals him.”
With such kindness in the wilderness that he heals me!"
Sol 6.1