بِتُّI spent the night سِلمَat peace with الجَوىlove’s burning anguish وَحَربَand at war with النُعاسِslumber
بِتُّ سِلمَ الجَوى وَحَربَ النُعاسِ
عُرضَةًa prey لِلزَفيرِto deep sighing وَالأَنفاسِand breaths
عُرضَةً لِلزَفيرِ وَالأَنفاسِ
I spent the night at peace with love’s anguish, at war with slumber,
Prey to deep sighs and breaths.
دائِباًunceasingly لَيلَتيthroughout my night أَكُفُّI restrain بِكَفّيwith my palm
دائِباً لَيلَتي أَكُفُّ بِكَفّي
كَبِداًa liver حَزُّهاits cutting pain كَحَزِّlike the cutting of المَواسيthe razors
كَبِداً حَزُّها كَحَزِّ المَواسي
All night, unceasingly, I held down with my palm
A liver whose pain cut like razors.
فَإِذاso whenever أَجلَتِgave respite الهُمومُthe cares تَأَوَّهsighed (continued in line 6)
فَإِذا أَجلَتِ الهُمومُ تَأَوَّه
تُI (verb ending) نادَيتُI called out ياO أَباAbu (father of) العَبّاسِal-Abbas
تُ نادَيتُ يا أَبا العَبّاسِ
Whenever my cares relented, I sighed;
I called out: O Abu al-Abbas!
حَرَبيwoe to me مِنكَbecause of you لاmay not أَصابَكَbefall you مِعشاa tenth (continued in line 8)
حَرَبي مِنكَ لا أَصابَكَ مِعشا
رُcompletion of “a tenth” الَّذيthat which مِنbecause of هَواكَlove for you مَرَّpassed بِراسيover my head
رُ الَّذي مِن هَواكَ مَرَّ بِراسي
Woe to me because of you! May you never suffer a tenth
Of what loving you has brought upon my head.
Sol 6.1