أهواهI love him معسولhoney-sweet الرضابsaliva منعماًtender and pampered
أهواه معسول الرضاب منعماً
ولقدand indeed يعذبنيtorments me الهوىlove بمنعّمthrough a pampered one
ولقد يعذبني الهوى بمنعّم
I love him, honey-sweet of saliva, tender and pampered.
I love the sweetness of his gentle ways,
And indeed, love torments me through one so tender.
Though love itself torments me when denied.
ياO قلبheart هذاthis شعرهُhis hair وجفونهand his eyelids
يا قلب هذا شعرهُ وجفونه
صبراًpatience! علىin the face of هذاthis السوادblackness; multitude الأعظمthe greatest
صبراً على هذا السواد الأعظم
O heart, here are his hair and his eyelids—
O heart, such is his hair, his lidded gaze -
Patience in the face of this vast dark host!
Patience with all this darkness be my guide.
Sol 6.1