ليto me عِندَكُمin your keeping دَينٌa debt وَلَكِنand yet هَلdoes ...? لَهُfor it
لي عِندَكُم دَينٌ وَلَكِن هَل لَهُ
مِنany (emphatic) طالِبٍclaimant وَفُؤاديَand my heart المَوهونُenfeebled
مِن طالِبٍ وَفُؤاديَ المَوهونُ
You owe me a debt, but does it have
I have with you a religion, but does it have
Any claimant, while my heart is enfeebled?
A seeker, while my infatuated heart pines?
فَكَأَنَّنيso it is as though I am أَلِفٌan alif (Arabic letter) وَلامٌand a lam (Arabic letter) فيin الهَوىlove
فَكَأَنَّني أَلِفٌ وَلامٌ في الهَوى
وَكَأَنَّand as though مَوعِدَthe appointed time وَصلِكُمunion with you تَنوينُtanwin (nunation)
وَكَأَنَّ مَوعِدَ وَصلِكُم تَنوينُ
So I am like an alif and a lam in love,
It's as if I were an Alif and Lam in love
And the appointed time for union with you is like tanwin.
And your tryst were naught but a Nunation sign
Sol 6.1