إنindeed سراجاًa lamp نورُهُits light ظلمةٌdarkness
إن سراجاً نورُهُ ظلمةٌ
كأنماas though يوقدُis kindled فيin قلبيmy heart
كأنما يوقدُ في قلبي
Indeed, a lamp whose light is darkness
A lamp whose light is darkness
seems to be kindled in my heart.
As if it were lit in my heart
الحبُّlove أضنانيhas worn me down فماso what بالهits condition
الحبُّ أضناني فما باله
يَفنىperishes وماand does not يشكوcomplain of جوىanguish الحبlove
يَفنى وما يشكو جوى الحب
Love has worn me down; why, then, does it
Love consumed me yet inexplicably
perish without complaining of love’s anguish?
It faded though lovesick was I
Sol 6.1