إِنَّindeed الَّتيshe whom هامَتfell madly in love بِهاwith her النَفسُthe soul
إِنَّ الَّتي هامَت بِها النَفسُ
عاوَدَهاreturned to her مِنfrom سُقمِهاher illness نُكسُa relapse
عاوَدَها مِن سُقمِها نُكسُ
Indeed, she with whom the soul is passionately enamored
Indeed, she whom the soul loved madly
has been revisited, in her illness, by a relapse.
has suffered a relapse of her illness.
كانَتshe used to إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle جاءَهاcame to her المُبتَلىthe afflicted one
كانَت إِذا ما جاءَها المُبتَلى
أَبرَأَهُcured him مِنfrom كَفِّهاher palm اللَمسُthe touch
أَبرَأَهُ مِن كَفِّها اللَمسُ
Whenever an afflicted man came to her,
Whenever an afflicted person came to her,
the touch of her palm would cure him.
a touch from her palm would cure him.
واah! بِأَبيwith my father as ransom الوَجهَthe face المَليحَlovely الَّذيthat
وا بِأَبي الوَجهَ المَليحَ الَّذي
قَدindeed عَشِقَتهُloved it passionately الجِنُّthe jinn وَالإِنسُand humankind
قَد عَشِقَتهُ الجِنُّ وَالإِنسُ
Ah—may my father be ransom for that lovely face
Ah, may my father be ransom for the lovely face that
with which both jinn and humankind have fallen in love!
the jinn and humankind have loved!
إِنif تَكُنِshould be الحُمّىthe fever أَضَرَّتhas caused harm بِهِto it
إِن تَكُنِ الحُمّى أَضَرَّت بِهِ
فَرُبَّماthen sometimes تَنكَسِفُis eclipsed الشَمسُthe sun
فَرُبَّما تَنكَسِفُ الشَمسُ
If fever has harmed that face,
If fever has harmed it,
even the sun is sometimes eclipsed.
even the sun is sometimes eclipsed.
Sol 6.1