وهبَتْgave لهto him عَيْنِيmy eye الهُجوعاslumber
وهبَتْ له عَيْنِي الهُجوعا
فأثابهاso he repaid it منهfrom him الدُموعاtears
فأثابها منه الدُموعا
My eye bestowed its slumber on him,
and in return he gave it tears.
ظبيٌa gazelle كأنas though بخصرهin his waist
ظبيٌ كأن بخصره
منfrom ضُمرهits slenderness ظمأًthirst وجوعاand hunger
من ضُمره ظمأً وجوعا
A gazelle, as though within his waist,
from its slenderness, lay thirst and hunger.
ومنand among البليّةِafflictions أننيthat I
ومن البليّةِ أنني
عُلِّقتُI was smitten ممنُوعاًunattainable مَنُوعاwithholding
عُلِّقتُ ممنُوعاً مَنُوعا
And one of my afflictions is that I
have fallen for one unattainable and withholding.
مَنْwho سائلٌasking قمرthe moon الدُجىthe night's darkness
مَنْ سائلٌ قمر الدُجى
ماwhat بالُهُhis condition تركَhe abandoned الطلوعاrising
ما بالُهُ تركَ الطلوعا
Who will ask the moon of the dark night
why he has forsaken rising?
ويْليwoe to me عليهover him بلrather علىover
ويْلي عليه بل على
نفسٍa soul أبتrefused إلاexcept خضوعاsubmission
نفسٍ أبت إلا خضوعا
Woe to me for him—rather, for
a soul that refused all but submission.
ماnot كنتُI was قبلbefore تَعَرُّضيmy exposing myself
ما كنتُ قبل تَعَرُّضي
لهواهto love for him أحْسبُنيI consider myself جَزوعاeasily distressed
لهواه أحْسبُني جَزوعا
I had not, before exposing myself
to love for him, thought myself so easily distressed.
Sol 6.1