آهاًAh! لِقَلبٍfor a heart مُوجَعِaching
آهاً لِقَلبٍ مُوجَعِ
مِنfrom لَوعَةٍburning anguish لَمhas not يُقلِعِbroken free
مِن لَوعَةٍ لَم يُقلِعِ
Ah, for an aching heart,
that has not escaped burning anguish.
يَشُبُّهاkindles it فيin كَبِديmy liver
يَشُبُّها في كَبِدي
فَيضُthe downpour سَحابِthe cloud of أَدمُعيmy tears
فَيضُ سَحابِ أَدمُعي
It is stoked within my liver
by the downpour from the cloud of my tears.
ياO مَنyou who جَفَونيthey shunned me فَجُفوso eyelids—
يا مَن جَفَوني فَجُفو
ني—my (completes 'my eyelids') بَعدَهُمafter them لَمhave not تَهجَعِslept
ني بَعدَهُم لَم تَهجَعِ
O you who shunned me, my eyelids
have not slept since their departure.
أَفرَشتُمواyou have strewn بِبَينِكُمthrough your parting
أَفرَشتُموا بِبَينِكُم
شَوكَthorns القَتادِthe qatād thornbush مَضجَعيmy bed
شَوكَ القَتادِ مَضجَعي
With your parting, you have strewn
the thorns of the qatād bush upon my bed.
ياO عاذِليmy reproacher فيfor حُبِّهِمlove for them
يا عاذِلي في حُبِّهِم
بِسَلوَتيfor my forgetting them لاdo not تَطمَعِhope
بِسَلوَتي لا تَطمَعِ
O you who reproach me for loving them,
do not hope that I will forget them.
لاdo not تَحسَبَنever think قَلبِيَmy heart مُذsince
لا تَحسَبَن قَلبِيَ مُذ
فارَقتُI parted from أَحبابيmy loved ones مَعيwith me
فارَقتُ أَحبابي مَعي
Do not think my heart—since
I parted from my loved ones—is with me.
ياO كَبِديmy liver الحَرّىburning عَلىover
يا كَبِدي الحَرّى عَلى
فِراقِهِمtheir parting تَقَطَّعيtear yourself apart
فِراقِهِم تَقَطَّعي
O my burning liver, over
their parting, tear yourself apart!
Sol 6.1