منwho ظنthought أنthat الاستزادةasking for more فيin الهوىlove
من ظن أن الاستزادة في الهوى
تؤولleads بمعشوقwith a beloved إلىto هجرforsaking عاشقِa lover
تؤول بمعشوق إلى هجر عاشقِ
Who thought that asking for more in love
Whoever thought that being too demanding in love
would lead a beloved to forsake a lover?
Would make the beloved abandon their lover
طلبتI sought لديكمfrom you بالعتابthrough reproach زيادةًan increase
طلبت لديكم بالعتاب زيادةً
وعطفاًand tenderness فأعتبتمso you appeased me بإحدىwith one of البوائقthe calamities
وعطفاً فأعتبتم بإحدى البوائق
I sought from you, through reproach, more love
I asked you for more affection and sympathy
and tenderness—but you appeased me with a calamity.
But you pushed me away with an excuse
فكنتso I was كمستسقٍlike one seeking rain سماءًa sky مخيلةًpromising rain
فكنت كمستسقٍ سماءً مخيلةً
حياًrain فأصابتهthen it struck him بإحدىwith one of الصواعقthe thunderbolts
حياً فأصابته بإحدى الصواعق
So I was like one asking a sky that promised rain
So I was like someone seeking rain from imagined clouds
for rain, only for it to strike him with a thunderbolt.
Alive, but struck down by a bolt from the blue
Sol 6.1