بأبيmay my father be his ransom سقيمlanguid الجَفنِthe eyelid صحconfirmed (split word begins)
بأبي سقيم الجَفنِ صح
حَ(completion of 'confirmed') لهto him ضَنىwasting illness جسميmy body السقيمِailing
حَ له ضَنى جسمي السقيمِ
May my father ransom the languid-eyed one; he was convinced
By my sickly eyelids I implore
by the wasting of my ailing body.
Pity this ailing body of mine
ورأىand he saw غراميmy passion فيin هواlove for (word continues)
ورأى غرامي في هوا
هُhim (completing 'love for him') مُلازِميclinging to me مثلlike الغريمِthe creditor
هُ مُلازِمي مثل الغريمِ
And he saw my passion, in loving
And see my passion in love
him, clinging to me like a creditor.
Sticking to me like a creditor
فحَناso he inclined tenderly وحنّand he felt compassion وربماand sometimes
فحَنا وحنّ وربما
نظرَlooked السّليمُthe unharmed one الىtoward السليمِthe snake-bitten one
نظرَ السّليمُ الى السليمِ
So he inclined toward me and felt compassion; and sometimes
So he sighed and yearned, and maybe
the unharmed one looks upon the snake-bitten.
The healthy looked upon the sick
حتىuntil إذاwhen صانوهthey guarded him عنfrom
حتى إذا صانوه عن
قُربيnearness to me ولاand not even صَوْنَthe guarding الحريمِthe harem
قُربي ولا صَوْنَ الحريمِ
Until, when they kept him from
Until when he was shielded from
my presence—not even a harem was so guarded—
My nearness, though not from the sacred
أومىhe signaled إليّto me بلحظِهwith his glance
أومى إليّ بلحظِه
إيماءَa gesture منعطفone tenderly inclined رَحيمِcompassionate
إيماءَ منعطف رَحيمِ
he signaled to me with his glance,
He gestured to me with his glance
the gesture of one tender and compassionate.
A turning of the compassionate
وأناand I البخيلُthe miserly one بمهجتيwith my lifeblood
وأنا البخيلُ بمهجتي
إلاexcept علىfor خُلُقٍcharacter كريمِnoble
إلا على خُلُقٍ كريمِ
And I am miserly with my lifeblood,
While I, miserly with my affection
save for one of noble character.
Except for noble manners
ياO بدْرَfull moon تِمٍّperfect fullness قدnow غدَتْhave become
يا بدْرَ تِمٍّ قد غدَتْ
رُقَباؤهhis watchers عددَthe number of النجومِthe stars
رُقَباؤه عددَ النجومِ
O full moon, whose
O full moon that has become
watchers have now become as many as the stars.
As numerous as the stars
ماwhat بالُthe condition of وجهكyour face جنّةٌa paradise
ما بالُ وجهك جنّةٌ
حُرِسَتْwas guarded بملتهبِby the blaze of الجحيمِHell
حُرِسَتْ بملتهبِ الجحيمِ
Why is your face a paradise
What ails your cheek, a heaven
guarded by the blaze of Hell?
Guarded by the flaming hell
كمhow long ذاthis الشّقاءُmisery وأنتwhile you مُشْcontaining (split word begins)
كم ذا الشّقاءُ وأنت مُشْ
تمِلٌ(completion of 'containing') علىwithin طيبِthe sweetness of النّعيمِbliss
تمِلٌ على طيبِ النّعيمِ
How long this misery, when you are filled
How much is this misery while you revel
with the sweetness of bliss?
In the finest pleasures
همَميmy aspirations كبارgreat فيin هواlove for (word continues)
همَمي كبار في هوا
كَyou (completing 'love for you') ومثلَهاand like them أضحَتْhave become هموميmy sorrows
كَ ومثلَها أضحَتْ همومي
My aspirations are great in my love for
My ambitions in love for you
you; and my sorrows have grown as great.
Have become like my worries
Sol 6.1