لَقَدindeed كُنتُI used to أَطويconceal ماwhat أُلاقيI endure مِنَfrom الهَوىlove
لَقَد كُنتُ أَطوي ما أُلاقي مِنَ الهَوى
حِذاراًout of caution وأُخفِيهِand hide it وَأَكتُمُهُand keep it secret جُهديwith all my effort
حِذاراً وأُخفِيهِ وَأَكتُمُهُ جُهدي
Indeed, I used to conceal what I suffered from love,
I used to conceal whatever passion I encountered
Out of caution, hiding it and keeping it secret as best I could.
Carefully, hiding it with all my effort
فَنَمَّتthen betrayed عَلىagainst قَلبيmy heart سَواكِبُstreams عَبرَةٍa tear
فَنَمَّت عَلى قَلبي سَواكِبُ عَبرَةٍ
تَجودُpour freely بِهاwith it عَينايَmy eyes سَحّاًin torrents عَلىupon خَدّيmy cheek
تَجودُ بِها عَينايَ سَحّاً عَلى خَدّي
Then streams of tears betrayed my heart,
Then tears' stars grew in my heart
As my eyes poured them freely in torrents upon my cheek.
My eyes shed them copiously on my cheek
وَفيand in هَمَلانِthe flowing العَينِthe eye أَعدَلُmost trustworthy شاهِدٍwitness
وَفي هَمَلانِ العَينِ أَعدَلُ شاهِدٍ
عَلىto غَيبِthe unseen ماwhat يُخفيconceals الضَّميرُthe heart مِنَof الوَجدِpassion
عَلى غَيبِ ما يُخفي الضَّميرُ مِنَ الوَجدِ
And in the eye’s flowing tears lies the truest witness
And in the eye's distraction I find a fair witness
To the hidden passion that the heart conceals.
To the secret that the soul hides of ardor
Sol 6.1