إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle غابَdisappeared شَخصُكَyour form عَنfrom عِيانيmy sight
إِذا ما غابَ شَخصُكَ عَن عِياني
رَثىpitied ليfor me حاسِديmy envier مِمّاbecause of what أُعانيI endure
رَثى لي حاسِدي مِمّا أُعاني
When your form disappears from my sight,
When your presence is absent from my eyes
my envier pities me for what I endure.
My envious rivals gloat at my misery
فَدَيتُكَI would ransom you ياO مُنىdesires قَلبيmy heart وَياand O مَنone who
فَدَيتُكَ يا مُنى قَلبي وَيا مَن
جَفاshunned الأَجفانَthe eyelids نَوميmy sleep مُذsince جَفانيhe shunned me
جَفا الأَجفانَ نَومي مُذ جَفاني
May I be your ransom, O my heart’s desire, and O you—
My heart's delight, my soul's ecstasy
my sleep has shunned my eyelids since you shunned me.
Since you abandoned me, sleep shuns my eyes
فَإِنfor if يَكُbe فيin الهَوىlove دَمعيmy tears طَليقاًfree
فَإِن يَكُ في الهَوى دَمعي طَليقاً
فَقَلبيthen my heart موثَقٌbound بِهَواكَby love for you عانيcaptive
فَقَلبي موثَقٌ بِهَواكَ عاني
For if my tears are free in love,
If tears of passion flow free from my eyes
then my heart is bound by love for you, a captive.
My heart remains still fettered by love for you
Sol 6.1