لاnot أعذرُI excuse الطيفthe phantom إذاwhen ماemphatic particle أتىit comes
لا أعذرُ الطيف إذا ما أتى
يشكوcomplaining لعينيto my eye حالةa plight هائلهdreadful
يشكو لعيني حالة هائله
I do not excuse the phantom when it comes
I do not blame the specter when he comes
Complaining to my eye of a dreadful plight.
To complain to my eyes of a terrible state
هبgrant that باتit spent the night فيin ليلتهits night راحلاtraveling
هب بات في ليلته راحلا
فمقلتيfor my eye باتتspent the night لهُfor it راحلهa mount
فمقلتي باتت لهُ راحله
Grant that it spent its night traveling;
That kept him sleepless through the night
For my eye spent the night as its mount.
While my eyelids had become his home
Sol 6.1