آهاًAh! لِقَلبٍfor a heart مُوجَعِin pain
آهاً لِقَلبٍ مُوجَعِ
مِنfrom لَوعَةٍburning anguish لَمhas not يُقلِعِdesisted
مِن لَوعَةٍ لَم يُقلِعِ
Ah, for a heart in pain
from anguish it has not shaken off!
يَشُبُّهاkindles it فيin كَبِديmy liver
يَشُبُّها في كَبِدي
فَيضُthe downpour of سَحابِthe clouds of أَدمُعيmy tears
فَيضُ سَحابِ أَدمُعي
Kindling it within my liver
is the downpour from the clouds of my tears.
ياO مَنyou who جَفَونيshunned me فَجُفوand eyelids (word continues)
يا مَن جَفَوني فَجُفو
نيmy (possessive ending) 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 of القَتادِthe tragacanth shrub مَضجَعيmy bed
شَوكَ القَتادِ مَضجَعي
You have strewn, through your parting,
tragacanth thorns upon my bed.
ياO عاذِليmy reproacher فيconcerning حُبِّهِمlove for them
يا عاذِلي في حُبِّهِم
بِسَلوَتيfor my forgetting لاdo not تَطمَعِhope
بِسَلوَتي لا تَطمَعِ
O you who reproach me for loving them,
do not hope that I shall forget them.
لاdo not تَحسَبَنever suppose قَلبِيَmy heart مُذsince
لا تَحسَبَن قَلبِيَ مُذ
فارَقتُI parted from أَحبابيmy loved ones مَعيwith me
فارَقتُ أَحبابي مَعي
Do not think that my heart, since
I parted from my loved ones, has been with me.
ياO كَبِديmy liver الحَرّىburning عَلىover
يا كَبِدي الحَرّى عَلى
فِراقِهِمparting from them تَقَطَّعيtear yourself apart!
فِراقِهِم تَقَطَّعي
O my liver, burning over
parting from them—tear yourself apart!
Sol 6.1