أَعطاكَgave you دَمعُكَyour tears جُهدَهُtheir utmost effort
أَعطاكَ دَمعُكَ جُهدَهُ
فَشَكاso lamented فُؤادُكَyour heart وَجدَهُits lovesick anguish
فَشَكا فُؤادُكَ وَجدَهُ
Your tears gave you their utmost,
Your tears have exhausted themselves
so your heart lamented its anguish.
So your heart complained of its agony
حَمَّلتَyou burdened جِسمَكَyour body فيin الهَوىlove
حَمَّلتَ جِسمَكَ في الهَوى
ماwhat لَمnot يُطِقهُit could bear it فَهَدَّهُand so it crushed it
ما لَم يُطِقهُ فَهَدَّهُ
You burdened your body in love
You have burdened your body with passion
with what it could not bear, and that crushed it.
More than it could bear, so it weakened
ياO شامِتاًone gloating بيover me إِذwhen رَأىhe saw
يا شامِتاً بي إِذ رَأى
هَجرَdesertion الحَبيبِthe beloved وَصَدَّهُand his turning away
هَجرَ الحَبيبِ وَصَدَّهُ
O you who gloat over me, having seen
O you who gloat at me when you saw
the beloved's desertion and his turning away,
The beloved has deserted and rejected me
لاdo not تَشمَتَنَّever gloat فَإِنَّهُfor he
لا تَشمَتَنَّ فَإِنَّهُ
مَولىa master يُؤَدِّبُdisciplines عَبدَهُhis slave
مَولى يُؤَدِّبُ عَبدَهُ
do not gloat, for he is
Do not gloat, for he
a master disciplining his slave.
Is a Master who disciplines His servant
Sol 6.1