كتمتَyou concealed الهوىlove حتىuntil أضرّharmed بكto you الكتْمُconcealment
كتمتَ الهوى حتى أضرّ بك الكتْمُ
ولامكَand reproached you أقوامٌpeople ولومُهُمُand their reproach ظُلْمُinjustice
ولامكَ أقوامٌ ولومُهُمُ ظُلْمُ
You hid your love until concealment harmed you.
And people reproached you, though their reproach was unjust.
ونمّand told tales عليكagainst you الكاشحونَthe spiteful foes وقبلَهُمand before them
ونمّ عليك الكاشحونَ وقبلَهُم
عليكagainst you الهوىlove قدalready نمّtold tales لوif نفعdid any good النَمُّtale-bearing
عليك الهوى قد نمّ لو نفع النَمُّ
And your spiteful foes told tales against you, and before them,
love had already told tales against you—if tale-bearing did any good.
وزادكَand increased in you إغراءًinfatuation بهاwith her طولُthe duration of نَجْلِهاher reviling
وزادكَ إغراءً بها طولُ نَجْلِها
عليكagainst you وأبْلىand wore away لحمَthe flesh أعظمِكَof your bones الهَمُّanguish
عليك وأبْلى لحمَ أعظمِكَ الهَمُّ
And you grew more infatuated with her through her prolonged railing
against you, while anguish wasted away the flesh upon your bones.
فأصبحتَso you became كالنّهديّlike al-Nahdi إذwhen ماتَhe died حسْرةًof grief
فأصبحتَ كالنّهديّ إذ ماتَ حسْرةً
علىin إثْرِthe wake of هندٍHind أوor كمنْlike someone who سُقِيَwas given to drink السُمُّpoison
على إثْرِ هندٍ أو كمنْ سُقِيَ السُمُّ
So you became like al-Nahdi when he died of grief,
in Hind's wake, or like one made to drink poison.
ألاah! مَنْwho لنفسٍfor a soul لاnot يموتُdies فينْقَضيso it might end
ألا مَنْ لنفسٍ لا يموتُ فينْقَضي
شَقاهاits misery ولاnor تحياlives حياةًa life لهاit has طعمُsavor
شَقاها ولا تحيا حياةً لها طعمُ
Ah, who will aid a soul that neither dies to end
its misery, nor lives a life with any savor?
فذُقْso taste هَجْرَهاseparation from her قدalready كنتyou were تزعمclaiming أنّهُthat it
فذُقْ هَجْرَها قد كنت تزعم أنّهُ
رشادٌsound judgment ألاah! ياO! ربّماperhaps كذِبَproved false الزّعْمُthe claim
رشادٌ ألا يا ربّما كذِبَ الزّعْمُ
So taste separation from her; you used to claim it
was sound judgment—ah, a claim may prove false!
Sol 6.1