ياO عاتباًone who reproaches ليme بِغَيْرِwithout عَتْبِcause for reproach
يا عاتباً لي بِغَيْرِ عَتْبِ
وهاجراًand one who forsakes ليme بِغَيْرِwithout ذَنْبِwrongdoing
وهاجراً لي بِغَيْرِ ذَنْبِ
O you who reproach me without cause,
O you who reproach me without cause
and forsake me though I have done no wrong:
And abandon me without guilt
لولاكَwere it not for you لَمْnot تَجْرِflow ليfor me دُمُوعٌtears
لولاكَ لَمْ تَجْرِ لي دُمُوعٌ
سَكْباًpouring عَلَىupon الخدِّthe cheek فوقَabove سَكْبِpouring
سَكْباً عَلَى الخدِّ فوقَ سَكْبِ
But for you, no tears of mine would have flowed,
If not for you, tears would not flow
pouring upon my cheek, stream upon stream.
Down my cheeks in streams over streams
لاdo not تُنْكِرَنfind it strange إِنْif جَرَتْthey flow بِدُرٍّas pearls
لا تُنْكِرَن إِنْ جَرَتْ بِدُرٍّ
مُنْتَثِرٍscattered لَمْnot يُشَنْbe marred بِثَقْبِby piercing
مُنْتَثِرٍ لَمْ يُشَنْ بِثَقْبِ
Do not find it strange if they flow as pearls,
Do not deny that tears fell like pearls
scattered, unmarred by piercing.
Scattered, not pierced or strung
صيَّرَهاmade them فيin الجفونِthe eyelids حُمْراًred
صيَّرَها في الجفونِ حُمْراً
تَصعيدُهاraising them منْfrom دَميmy blood وقلبيand my heart
تَصعيدُها منْ دَمي وقلبي
They were made red within my eyelids
That turned my eyelids red
by their rising from my blood and heart.
Their flow from my blood and heart
Sol 6.1