هلis ...? الموتُdeath إلاexcept دونَless than ماwhat أناI واردُfacing
هل الموتُ إلا دونَ ما أنا واردُ
وإنْand though كنتُI am أَسْتحِليI find sweet بكمfor your sake ماwhat أُكابِدُI endure
وإنْ كنتُ أَسْتحِلي بكم ما أُكابِدُ
Is death anything but less than what I face,
Is death less than what I endure
Though, for your sake, I find sweet what I endure?
Though with you all troubles I can weather
وإنيand indeed I ليَعْرونيsurely overtakes me غرامٌpassion تُذيبُنيmelts me
وإني ليَعْروني غرامٌ تُذيبُني
حَرارتُهits heat والماءُwhile the water بالقُرِّin the bitter cold جامدfrozen
حَرارتُه والماءُ بالقُرِّ جامد
And indeed a passion overtakes me, melting me
Passion melts me, its heat intense
With its heat, while water is frozen in the bitter cold.
While water freezes hard and dense
وأَعطشand I thirst حتىuntil لاnot أُفيقI recover منfrom الظماthirst
وأَعطش حتى لا أُفيق من الظما
وقدwhile already طَفَحتْhave overflowed مماwith what بكيتُI wept المَواردthe watering places
وقد طَفَحتْ مما بكيتُ المَوارد
And I thirst until I cannot recover from thirst,
Thirsty till senseless I remain
Though the watering places have overflowed with the tears I have shed.
The springs overflow with my tears of pain
أَيَحسبُdoes it suppose? فيكconcerning you اللومُreproach أنيthat I سمعتُهI heeded it
أَيَحسبُ فيك اللومُ أني سمعتُه
إذاًthen بَخِلتْwould have been miserly كفِّىmy hand بماwith what أناI واجدpossessing
إذاً بَخِلتْ كفِّى بما أنا واجد
Does reproach concerning you suppose I have heeded it?
Do you think I’d complain or feel blame
Then my hand would have been miserly with what I possess,
When my hands can grab all that I claim
وأنكرتُand I would have denied فضلَbounty الأفضلِal-Afdal الملكِthe king الذيwho
وأنكرتُ فضلَ الأفضلِ الملكِ الذي
يداهُhis two hands لأَجْيادfor the necks الملوكِof kings قلائدnecklaces
يداهُ لأَجْياد الملوكِ قلائد
And I would have denied the bounty of al-Afdal, the king whose
I’d not deny the grace of the greatest king
Two hands are necklaces for the necks of kings.
Whose hands adorn the necks of kings with rings
Sol 6.1