متهرِّدٌone clad in yellow صبغdyed الهوىlove لونيmy complexion بهwith him
متهرِّدٌ صبغ الهوى لوني به
فأذابso melted جسميmy body فيin الهوىlove تذكارهremembering him
فأذاب جسمي في الهوى تذكاره
One clad in yellow—love has dyed my complexion with his hue.
So remembering him has melted my body in love.
وكأننيand I seem as though منin respect of صفرةٍyellowness غسلينُهhis wash-water
وكأنني من صفرةٍ غسلينُه
وكأننيand I seem as though منin respect of دقَّةٍthinness زُنارُهُhis girdle
وكأنني من دقَّةٍ زُنارُهُ
And in my yellowness, I seem like his wash-water.
And in my thinness, I seem like his girdle.
فاذاso if جحدتُI disavowed هواهlove for him أوor أنكرتهI denied it
فاذا جحدتُ هواه أو أنكرته
شهدتbore witness عليَّagainst me منfrom الهوىlove آثارهits traces
شهدت عليَّ من الهوى آثاره
So if I disavow my love for him or deny it,
The traces of love bear witness against me.
Sol 6.1