كلُّall أيّامِكَyour days هَجرُestrangement
كلُّ أيّامِكَ هَجرُ
ونصيبيand my share منكfrom you غَدرُbetrayal
ونصيبي منك غَدرُ
All your days are estrangement.
Every one of your days is estrangement
And my share from you is betrayal.
And my share from you is betrayal
واحتماليand my forbearance عنكfrom you فرضٌa duty
واحتمالي عنك فرضٌ
فيin الهوىlove لوif كانthere were صَبرُpatience
في الهوى لو كان صَبرُ
And bearing with you is my duty
And my endurance from you is a duty
in love, if there were patience.
If there was patience in love
كلماwhenever أذنبتَyou sinned ذنباًa sin
كلما أذنبتَ ذنباً
كانthere was فيin وجهكyour face عُذرُan excuse
كان في وجهك عُذرُ
Whenever you committed a sin,
Whenever you commit a sin
your face held an excuse.
There is an excuse on your face
قدalready تستَّرتI veiled myself ولكنand yet
قد تستَّرت ولكن
ليسthere is no عندin the presence of العشقpassion سترُveil
ليس عند العشق سترُ
I have veiled myself, but
You may have concealed yourself but
there is no veil before passion.
There is no concealment in love
غرَّنيdeceived me لينُكyour gentleness فيin القوspeech (word continued)
غرَّني لينُك في القو
لِcompletion of 'speech' وتحتand beneath اللِّينthe gentleness نَفرُaversion
لِ وتحت اللِّين نَفرُ
Your gentleness in speech deceived me,
Your gentleness in speech deceived me
and beneath that gentleness lies aversion.
Beneath gentleness lies aversion
ومعانيand the meanings الحبِّlove يَشهَدbear witness (verb continued)
ومعاني الحبِّ يَشهَد
نَthey (feminine plural ending) بأنto the fact that العشقpassion سِحرُmagic
نَ بأن العشق سِحرُ
And the meanings of love bear witness
And the essence of love testifies
that passion is magic.
That love is sorcery
Sol 6.1