هواىَmy passion وعقليand my reason فيكconcerning you ضِدَّانِtwo opposites لمnot يَزَلْcease
هواىَ وعقلي فيك ضِدَّانِ لم يَزَلْ
عليكَover you طوالَthroughout الدهرِall time بينَهماbetween them both خُلْفُdiscord
عليكَ طوالَ الدهرِ بينَهما خُلْفُ
My passion and my reason are at odds over you; never has
My passion and my reason are at odds about you,
The discord between them over you ceased throughout all time.
And between them throughout time there has been dispute,
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle نَهانيwarns me العقلُreason فيكconcerning you أعادَنيbrings me back
إذا ما نَهاني العقلُ فيك أعادَني
إليكto you هَوىًpassion تَغْفوslumber العيونُthe eyes ولاand does not يَغْفوsleep
إليك هَوىً تَغْفو العيونُ ولا يَغْفو
Whenever reason warns me against you, I am brought back
If reason chides me for loving you, desire
To you by a passion: eyes slumber, but it never sleeps.
Draws me back again, though eyes may slumber, it slumbers not,
كأنكas though you were منيin relation to me قَوْسُa bow رامٍan archer مُصَمِّمٍresolute
كأنك مني قَوْسُ رامٍ مُصَمِّمٍ
تُقَرِّبهاdraws it near كَفٌّa hand وتُبْعِدهاand pushes it away كفa hand
تُقَرِّبها كَفٌّ وتُبْعِدها كف
You are to me like the bow of a resolute archer:
As though you were a firmly strung and sturdy bow,
One hand draws it near, and another pushes it away.
One hand draws near, the other pushes far away.
Sol 6.1