أَنْحَلَwasted away الوَجْدُlove's anguish جِسْمَهُhis body والحنينُand yearning
أَنْحَلَ الوَجْدُ جِسْمَهُ والحنينُ
وبَراهُand wore him away الهَوَىpassion فماso not يَسْتَبِينُcan be discerned
وبَراهُ الهَوَى فما يَسْتَبِينُ
Love's anguish and yearning have wasted his body,
And passion has worn him away, so he cannot be seen.
لَمْdid not يَعِشْlive on أَنّهُbecause he is جَليدٌhardy ولكنْbut
لَمْ يَعِشْ أَنّهُ جَليدٌ ولكنْ
دَقَّgrew thin جِدّاًextremely فماso not تَراهُsee him العُيونُthe eyes
دَقَّ جِدّاً فما تَراهُ العُيونُ
He has lived on not because he is hardy, but
Because he has grown so thin that eyes cannot see him.
حُجِبَwere screened العاذِلونَthe reproachers عنهُfrom him فمَاso not يَلthey reproach (first part)
حُجِبَ العاذِلونَ عنهُ فمَا يَل
حَونَthey reproach (remaining part) لولاwere it not for البُكَاthe weeping ولولاand were it not for الأَنينُthe moaning
حَونَ لولا البُكَا ولولا الأَنينُ
The reproachers were kept from seeing him; they would not
Reproach him, were it not for his weeping and moaning.
Sol 6.1