إنيindeed, I كتبتُI wrote إِلىto الحبيبthe beloved رسالةًa letter
إني كتبتُ إِلى الحبيب رسالةً
منfrom مهجةa soul لمdid not يبقremain غيرother than ذمائهاits last remnant of life
من مهجة لم يبق غير ذمائها
I wrote a letter to the beloved,
I wrote to my beloved a letter
From a soul with only a last trace of life remaining,
From a soul with nothing left but its embers
منout of فرطexcess of شوقٍlonging إنif أرادhe wished طمستهاI blotted it out
من فرط شوقٍ إن أراد طمستها
منfrom مقلتيmy eye بسوادهاwith its blackness لاnot مائهاits water (tears)
من مقلتي بسوادها لا مائها
Out of overwhelming longing; if he wished, I would blot it out
In excessive longing, if it wanted to erase it
With my eye's blackness, not its tears.
With the blackness of my eyelashes, not their tears
Sol 6.1