لَأَموتَنَّI shall surely die بِغَمّىof my grief
لَأَموتَنَّ بِغَمّى
فيin هَوىlove مَنone whom لاnot أُسَمّيI name
في هَوى مَن لا أُسَمّي
I shall surely die of my grief,
I will surely die of sorrow
For love of one I do not name.
In the passion of one I dare not name.
ذَهَبَتhas departed نَفسيmy soul وَإِنand although كُنwas (verb fragment)
ذَهَبَت نَفسي وَإِن كُن
تُI (verb ending) عَلىfrom الناسِthe people أُعَمّيI conceal
تُ عَلى الناسِ أُعَمّي
My soul has departed, although I was
My soul is gone, though to all
Keeping it hidden from people.
I feign blindness.
عَلوَʿAlw ياقُرَّةَO delight of عَينيmy eye
عَلوَ ياقُرَّةَ عَيني
وَمُنىand the desires of نَفسيmy soul وَهَمّيand my concern
وَمُنى نَفسي وَهَمّي
ʿAlw, O delight of my eye,
Rise high, light of my eyes,
And my soul's desire and my concern,
My soul's bliss, my cares' aim.
حَقِّقيfulfill بَعضَsome of عِداتيthe promises made to me
حَقِّقي بَعضَ عِداتي
بِأَبيwith my father as ransom أَنتِyou (feminine) وَأُمّيand my mother
بِأَبي أَنتِ وَأُمّي
Fulfill some of the promises made to me—
Fulfill some of my hopes,
May my father and mother be your ransom.
For the sake of my father and mother.
Sol 6.1