ألاAh! بئسhow wretched ماwhat قضيتI spent عمريmy life فيكمwith you
ألا بئس ما قضيت عمري فيكم
بيومin a day of تناءٍestrangement أوor بيومin a day of تناسيfeigned forgetting
بيوم تناءٍ أو بيوم تناسي
Alas, how wretchedly I have spent my life with you—
Alas! How wretchedly I've spent my life among you
In a day of estrangement or a day of feigned forgetting.
In grieving or in being forgotten each day
وكمand how often شمتI glimpsed لماwhen قستI measured مقدارthe extent of ودكمyour affection
وكم شمت لما قست مقدار ودكم
بوارقflashes ياسٍdespair منfrom بوارِthe failure of قياسيmy reckoning
بوارق ياسٍ من بوارِ قياسي
And how often, when I measured the extent of your affection, I glimpsed
And how often you gloated when the measure of your love for me diminished
Flashes of despair from the failure of my reckoning.
With disappointment’s banners unfurling before my calculations
Sol 6.1