لَوْif تَمْرَضُونyou fall ill وحُوشِيْتُمْand may you be spared لَعُدْتُكُمُI would visit you
لَوْ تَمْرَضُون وحُوشِيْتُمْ لَعُدْتُكُمُ
سَعْياًin haste فَماso why لِيwith me مريضاًill لاnot تَعُودُونيyou visit me
سَعْياً فَما لِي مريضاً لا تَعُودُوني
Were you to fall ill—may you be spared—I would visit you
in haste; why, then, do you not visit me when I am ill?
إِنْif لَمْnot تَرَوْنِيَyou deem me أَهْلاًworthy أنthat أُزَارَI should be visited فَمِنْthen out of
إِنْ لَمْ تَرَوْنِيَ أَهْلاً أن أُزَارَ فَمِنْ
إحسَانِكُمْyour kindness شَرَّفواhonor قَدْرِيmy standing وزُورونيand visit me
إحسَانِكُمْ شَرَّفوا قَدْرِي وزُوروني
If you do not deem me worthy of a visit, then out of
your kindness, do me honor and visit me.
ماnot بِيin me وحقِّكُمُand by your honor حُمّىًfever ولاnor مَرَضٌillness
ما بِي وحقِّكُمُ حُمّىً ولا مَرَضٌ
بلrather منfrom هوىًlove فيin صَمِيمِthe very core القَلْبِthe heart مَكْنونِconcealed
بل من هوىً في صَمِيمِ القَلْبِ مَكْنونِ
By your honor, I have neither fever nor illness,
but suffer from love concealed in the heart's very core.
لَوif أنَّthat بالرَّاسِيَاتِin the firmly rooted mountains الشُّمِّthe lofty أيْسَرَهُthe least of it
لَو أنَّ بالرَّاسِيَاتِ الشُّمِّ أيْسَرَهُ
ذَابتْthey would melt فَكَيْفَthen how بِشَخْصٍwith a person صِيغَwas fashioned منfrom طِينِclay
ذَابتْ فَكَيْفَ بِشَخْصٍ صِيغَ من طِينِ
If the least of it were in the lofty, firmly rooted mountains,
they would melt—what, then, of a person fashioned from clay?
Sol 6.1