شفَّwore thin قلبيmy heart دلالهُhis coquetry
شفَّ قلبي دلالهُ
منpart of شفائيmy cure وصالهُunion with him
من شفائي وصالهُ
His coquetry has worn my heart thin;
union with him is part of my cure.
وغراميand my passion بخالهِfor his mole
وغرامي بخالهِ
جلَّis greater عمَّاthan what يخالهُhe imagines it
جلَّ عمَّا يخالهُ
And my passion for his mole
surpasses what he imagines.
فارسيٌّPersian نجادهُhis sword-belt
فارسيٌّ نجادهُ
يوسفيٌّJoseph-like جمالهُhis beauty
يوسفيٌّ جمالهُ
His sword-belt is Persian;
his beauty is Joseph-like.
مالَturned away عنيfrom me كميلِlike the swaying of
مالَ عني كميلِ
عطفيهِhis two sides حتَّىeven خيالهُhis phantom
عطفيهِ حتَّى خيالهُ
Away from me turned, like the sway of
his flanks, even his phantom.
إنif زعمتمyou claim أنthat الهوىlove
إن زعمتم أن الهوى
ليسnot تصميstrike dead نبالهُits arrows
ليس تصمي نبالهُ
If you claim that love
does not kill with its arrows,
فمناميthen my sleep منwho غالهُstole it away
فمنامي من غالهُ
وهدوّيand my calm ماwhat بالهُits condition
وهدوّي ما بالهُ
then my sleep—who has stolen it?
And my calm—what ails it?
ياO ملولاًeasily wearied one ماwhat شأنهُits significance
يا ملولاً ما شأنهُ
عندto قلبيmy heart ملالهُhis weariness
عند قلبي ملالهُ
O fickle one, what does it matter
to my heart, his weariness?
إنّindeed منthe one أنتyou شغلهُhis preoccupation
إنّ من أنت شغلهُ
لاdo not تسلask كيفhow حالهُhis condition
لا تسل كيف حالهُ
Indeed, he whose preoccupation you are—
do not ask how he fares.
وعذوليand my reproacher فيهِconcerning him وأضيand most futile (word begins)
وعذولي فيهِ وأضي
عُcompletion of 'most futile' شيءthing مقالهُhis speech
عُ شيء مقالهُ
And my reproacher over him—the most
futile thing is his speech.
خلِّleave قلبيmy heart وحبَّهُand its love
خلِّ قلبي وحبَّهُ
فهداهُfor its guidance ضلالهُits straying
فهداهُ ضلالهُ
Leave my heart and its love alone;
for its guidance is its straying.
ورضاهُand his favor وسلوتيand my forgetting
ورضاهُ وسلوتي
عنهُaway from him ماwhat لاnot أنالهُI attain it
عنهُ ما لا أنالهُ
And his favor, and my forgetting
him, are what I cannot attain.
فمماتيso my death إعراضهُhis turning away
فمماتي إعراضهُ
وحياتيand my life إقبالهُhis approach
وحياتي إقبالهُ
For my death is his turning away,
and my life is his turning toward me.
Sol 6.1