آفَةُthe undoing of السِرِّthe secret مِنfrom جُفوeyelids (first fragment)
آفَةُ السِرِّ مِن جُفو
نٍeyelids (final fragment) دَوامٍbleeding دَوامِعِweeping
نٍ دَوامٍ دَوامِعِ
A secret's undoing comes from
The flaw of a secret is lack of constancy, constancy's sparkles,
eyelids bleeding and weeping.
How can it be hidden with passions' outbursts and passions' floods?
كَيفَhow يَخفىcan it remain hidden مَعَamid الدُموthe tears (first fragment)
كَيفَ يَخفى مَعَ الدُمو
عِthe tears (final fragment) الهَواميstreaming الهَوامِعِpouring down
عِ الهَوامي الهَوامِعِ
How can it stay hidden amid
We've never seen a lover whose secret wasn't broadcast.
tears streaming and pouring?
Lo, its fires show in the dawning's first glow.
ماnot رَأَيناwe have seen أَخاa man of هَوىpassionate love
ما رَأَينا أَخا هَوى
سِرُّهُhis secret غَيرَnot ذائِعِwidely known
سِرُّهُ غَيرَ ذائِعِ
We have never seen a lover
whose secret was not widely known.
إِنَّindeed نيرانَthe fires of حُبِّهِhis love
إِنَّ نيرانَ حُبِّهِ
بادِياتُplainly visible الطَوالِعِthe risings
بادِياتُ الطَوالِعِ
Indeed, the fires of his love
are plainly visible as they rise.
Partial English translation: 4 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1