جَمَالُكُمْyour beauty لاnot يُحْصَرْis encompassed
جَمَالُكُمْ لا يُحْصَرْ
ومَثْلُكُمْand one like you لاnot يُهْجَرْis forsaken
ومَثْلُكُمْ لا يُهْجَرْ
Your beauty cannot be encompassed,
and one like you is not forsaken.
وحبكمand love for you بَيْنَwithin الحشاthe inward parts
وحبكم بَيْنَ الحشا
مستودعstored away لاnot يظهرْbecomes apparent
مستودع لا يظهرْ
And love for you, within my breast,
is stored away, never revealed.
ناريmy fire بكمbecause of you لاnot تنطفيgoes out
ناري بكم لا تنطفي
ولوعتيand my burning anguish لاnot تفترْabates
ولوعتي لا تفترْ
My fire for you will not go out,
and my burning anguish never abates.
إذَاwhen أتىcomes الليلُthe night أتىcomes
إذَا أتى الليلُ أتى
الهمُّworry بكمover you والْفِكَرْand thoughts
الهمُّ بكم والْفِكَرْ
When night comes, there come
worry and thoughts of you.
فإنbut if أكنْI am وذكركمْwith remembrance of you
فإن أكنْ وذكركمْ
طابَbecame pleasant ولذّand became sweet السهرْthe night vigil
طابَ ولذّ السهرْ
But if remembrance of you keeps me company,
the vigil becomes pleasant and sweet.
ولىand I have عذولa reproacher فيكموconcerning you
ولى عذول فيكمو
يقلقنيhe troubles me ويكثرْand talks excessively
يقلقني ويكثرْ
And I have a reproacher on your account,
who troubles me and talks incessantly.
يقولhe says ليto me تقلlessen منof
يقول لي تقل من
ذكرهُمُmention of them وَتُقْصَرْand be restrained
ذكرهُمُ وَتُقْصَرْ
He says to me, “Make less
mention of them, and be restrained;
ويحملand one bears الشوقthe longing الَّذِيthat
ويحمل الشوق الَّذِي
حَمَلْتَهُyou have borne it وَيَصْبِرْand one is patient
حَمَلْتَهُ وَيَصْبِرْ
and one bears the longing that
you have borne, and remains patient.”
واللهby God مَاnot أطيقهI can bear it
والله مَا أطيقه
وهلand am ...? أناI إِلاَّanything but بشرْa human being
وهل أنا إِلاَّ بشرْ
By God, I cannot bear it—
and am I anything but human?
Sol 6.1