محبّa lover أذاعrevealed الدمعthe tears ماwhat فيin ضميرهhis innermost heart
محبّ أذاع الدمع ما في ضميره
ونصّتand proclaimed عليهagainst him بالبكاءthrough weeping جفونهhis eyelids
ونصّت عليه بالبكاء جفونه
A lover—his tears revealed what lay within his heart,
and his eyelids testified against him through weeping.
يراعيhe watches over بعينwith the eye الفكرof thought منfrom فرطthe intensity وجدهhis passion
يراعي بعين الفكر من فرط وجده
لمحبوبهfor his beloved ماwhat عنfrom سواهanyone besides him يصونهhe guards it
لمحبوبه ما عن سواه يصونه
He guards with the mind’s eye, in his overwhelming passion,
what he keeps for his beloved from all others.
يعارis lent; perhaps intended as ‘is jealous’ علىover ماwhat استوطعunclear; perhaps ‘was entrusted’ القلبthe heart منof هوىlove
يعار على ما استوطع القلب من هوى
فيطويهso he folds it away فيin سرّa secret طوتهhave enfolded it شجونهhis sorrows
فيطويه في سرّ طوته شجونه
[Uncertain reading] He jealously guards the love entrusted to his heart,
so he folds it in a secret his sorrows have enfolded.
رعَىhe grazed منfrom رياضthe gardens الحبّof love ماwhat ليسis not واحداone; perhaps intended as ‘finding’
رعَى من رياض الحبّ ما ليس واحدا
إليهto him سبيلاa path منany غرامpassion يخونهthat betrays him
إليه سبيلا من غرام يخونه
[Uncertain reading] He grazed in love’s gardens, where no
passion that would betray him could find a path to him.
صفاbecame pure شربهhis draught فاستغنمso he seized the opportunity for الريّquenching thirst جاهداًstriving hard
صفا شربه فاستغنم الريّ جاهداً
وليسand there is not لهfor him غيرanything but البكاءweeping يعينهthat helps him
وليس له غير البكاء يعينه
His draught was pure, so he strove to drink his fill,
and nothing but weeping comes to his aid.
وحُقّand it was fitting لهfor him حتّىuntil رأىhe saw غيرmore than واحدone
وحُقّ له حتّى رأى غير واحد
أشارpointed إليهto him باليقينwith certainty يقينهُhis conviction
أشار إليه باليقين يقينهُ
And rightly so for him, until he saw more than one
whose conviction pointed to him with certainty.
تفرّدhe stood alone بالأسقامin ailments فيماin what يجنّهhe conceals
تفرّد بالأسقام فيما يجنّه
فصارso he became نحيلاthin والنحولand thinness يزينهadorns him
فصار نحيلا والنحول يزينه
He alone bore the ailments of what he concealed,
so he grew thin, and thinness adorns him.
حمىbarred النومsleep عينيهhis two eyes التحمّلdeparture مؤرقاcausing sleeplessness
حمى النوم عينيه التحمّل مؤرقا
لعيونهto his eyes ولحاظهand his glances وجفونهand his eyelids
لعيونه ولحاظه وجفونه
Departure barred sleep from his eyes, bringing sleeplessness
to his eyes, his glances, and his eyelids.
إذاwhen استأنفresume الألافthe close companions بعضsome of نعيمهمtheir pleasures
إذا استأنف الألاف بعض نعيمهم
وأبىand refused المحبّthe lover لمنfor the one whom يحبّhe loves يهينهhe humiliates him
وأبى المحبّ لمن يحبّ يهينه
When close companions resume some of their pleasures,
and the lover refuses to humiliate the one he loves,
ترىyou see يدهhis hand اليسرىthe left إذاwhen الشوقlonging شفهhas wasted him
ترى يده اليسرى إذا الشوق شفه
علىupon كبدa liver حرّىburning يزيدgrows أنينهhis moaning
على كبد حرّى يزيد أنينه
you see his left hand, when longing has wasted him,
upon a burning liver, as his moaning grows.
Sol 6.1