أَيُّهاO you المُقبِلُwho come بِالشَكwith complaint (word continues)
أَيُّها المُقبِلُ بِالشَك
وىcompletion of 'complaint' غَبوقاًan evening draught وَصَبوحاand a morning draught
وى غَبوقاً وَصَبوحا
O you who come with complaints,
O you who comes complaining
as evening and morning draughts:
At dusk and dawn
قَدindeed بَلَوناكَwe have tested you مَريضاًill
قَد بَلَوناكَ مَريضاً
وَبَلَوناكَand we have tested you صَحيحاwell
وَبَلَوناكَ صَحيحا
we have tested you when ill,
We have known you sick
and tested you when well;
And we have known you healthy
وَبَذَلناand we have offered لَكَto you مِنّاfrom us
وَبَذَلنا لَكَ مِنّا
ودَّناour affection مَحضاًpure صَريحاsincere
ودَّنا مَحضاً صَريحا
and we have offered you, from ourselves,
And we have shown you from us
our affection, pure and sincere.
Our affection plainly and sincerely
فَوَجدناكَso we found you بِحَمدِwith praise to اللَGod (word continues)
فَوَجدناكَ بِحَمدِ اللَ
هِcompletion of 'God' بِالودِّwith affection شَحيحاmiserly
هِ بِالودِّ شَحيحا
So we found you—praise be to God—
Yet we found you, by the praise of Allah
miserly with affection.
In affection miserly
أَنشَأَhas created الشَوقُlonging إِلىfor وَجface (word continues)
أَنشَأَ الشَوقُ إِلى وَج
هِكَcompletion of 'your face' فيin القَلبِthe heart قُروحاsores
هِكَ في القَلبِ قُروحا
Longing for your face has caused
Yearning for your face began in my heart
sores within the heart.
Wounds
إِنَّماonly أَشكوI complain of غَزالاًa gazelle
إِنَّما أَشكو غَزالاً
فاتِرَlanguid الطَرفِthe gaze مَليحاlovely
فاتِرَ الطَرفِ مَليحا
I complain only of a gazelle,
I only complain of a gazelle
languid-eyed and lovely,
Languid of glance, beautiful
شادِناًa young gazelle يُمسيspends the evening مِنَfrom الشَوthe longing (word continues)
شادِناً يُمسي مِنَ الشَو
قِcompletion of 'the longing' الَّذيthat بيin me مُستَريحاfree; at ease
قِ الَّذي بي مُستَريحا
a young gazelle who spends the evening
My companion who spends his evenings
free of the longing within me.
At ease from the yearning within me
Sol 6.1