أناI منfrom عينيكyour two eyes مجروحwounded الفؤادthe heart
أنا من عينيك مجروح الفؤاد
وأناand I منهنfrom them محرومdeprived الرقادsleep
وأنا منهن محروم الرقاد
I am wounded at heart by your eyes.
My heart is wounded by your eyes,
And because of them I am deprived of sleep.
And I am deprived of sleep because of them.
وأناand I منbecause of قلبكyour heart القاسيcruel ضنىwasting away
وأنا من قلبك القاسي ضنى
بينbetween سقمsickness واكتئابand dejection وسهادand sleeplessness
بين سقم واكتئاب وسهاد
And your cruel heart has left me wasting away,
I am distraught by your harsh heart,
Between sickness, dejection, and sleeplessness.
Between illness, depression, and pillows.
أخطأerred الفكرthought وماand not منany (emphatic) مرةtime
أخطأ الفكر وما من مرة
ضلstrayed إلاexcept فيكconcerning you منهاجthe path الرشادright guidance
ضل إلا فيك منهاج الرشاد
Thought has erred; never once
My mind has erred, never once
Has the path of right guidance strayed, except over you.
Has it been rightly guided except by you.
أجرمتcommitted a wrong عينيmy eye علىagainst أحشائهits innermost parts
أجرمت عيني على أحشائه
آهah منbecause of عينيmy eye ماwhat يلقىendures فؤاديmy heart
آه من عيني ما يلقى فؤادي
My eye has wronged its innermost depths.
My eyes have sinned against your innermost being -
Ah, because of my eye—what my heart endures!
Oh! What agony my heart endures from my eyes!
ماwhat لليلايwith my Layla التيwho أحببتهI loved him
ما لليلاي التي أحببته
تجهلshe does not know الحبlove فتزريso she looks down بالودادon affection
تجهل الحب فتزري بالوداد
What ails my Layla, whom I loved,
Why are my nights that I loved you
That she knows not love and so scorns affection?
Oblivious to love, estranging intimacy?
ألأنis it because الحبlove فيin تقديرهhis estimation
ألأن الحب في تقديره
سلعةa commodity للبيعfor sale فيin سوقa market الكسادstagnation
سلعة للبيع في سوق الكساد
Is it because love, in the beloved's estimation,
Is it because love, in your view,
Is a commodity for sale in a stagnant market?
Is merchandise for sale in a depressed market?
كلماwhenever يدنينيdraws me near الحبlove لهto him
كلما يدنيني الحب له
منعتshe withheld ماءwater الهوىpassion عنfrom قلبa heart صادthirsty
منعت ماء الهوى عن قلب صاد
Whenever love draws me near to the beloved,
Whenever love draws me nearer to you,
She withholds the water of passion from a thirsty heart.
You withhold the water of passion from my repelling heart.
ألجهلis it out of ignorance بالهوىof passion أمor أنهthat he
ألجهل بالهوى أم أنه
خلقتshe was created دونunlike الغوانيbeautiful women منfrom جمادlifeless matter
خلقت دون الغواني من جماد
Is it ignorance of passion, or was the beloved
Are you ignorant of passion? Or were you
Made of lifeless matter, unlike the other beauties?
Created of inanimate matter, not human?
ألهذاto this? الحدextent والحدand the limit هنthey (feminine; perhaps intended as 'here')
ألهذا الحد والحد هن
سيفa sword هجرestrangement وصدودand rejection وعنادand stubbornness
سيف هجر وصدود وعناد
Has it come to this—and the limit [here?] is
Is this the limit, and the limit here
A sword of estrangement, rejection, and stubbornness,
A sword of separation, rejection, and stubbornness?
وعناءand hardship وشقاءand misery للحشfor the ... (unclear; perhaps 'inmost heart')
وعناء وشقاء للحش
وقريضand poetry شأنهits business هدرwasting المدادink
وقريض شأنه هدر المداد
And hardship and misery for the [inmost heart?],
Hardship and misery for the passionate,
And verse whose business is wasting ink?
And a poem whose nature is to waste ink.
كلall هذاthis الجمرthe embers منfrom إعراضهhis turning away
كل هذا الجمر من إعراضه
حولturned الحبlove إلىinto كومa heap رمادashes
حول الحب إلى كوم رماد
All these embers from the beloved's aversion
All this fiery aloofness from you
Have turned love into a heap of ashes.
Has turned love into a pile of ashes.
Sol 6.1