ظنsuspected منthe one who لاmay he not كانhave existed ظناًa suspicion
ظن من لا كان ظناً
بحبيبيof my beloved فحماهُso he guarded him
بحبيبي فحماهُ
One—may he never have existed!—harbored suspicion
He who was not my lover thought
of my beloved, so he kept him under guard.
Ill of my beloved and protected him
أرصدَstationed البابthe door رقيبينِtwo watchers
أرصدَ الباب رقيبينِ
لهfor him فاكتفناهso they surrounded him (probable reading)
له فاكتفناه
He stationed two watchers at the door
He placed guards at the door
for him, and they hemmed him in.
So we had enough of him
فإذاand when ماemphatic particle اشتاقhe longed for قربيmy nearness
فإذا ما اشتاق قربي
ولقائيand meeting me منعاهthey both prevented him
ولقائي منعاه
And whenever he longed to be near me
But when I yearned for my love’s presence
and to meet me, they stopped him.
And our meeting he denied
جعلmay he make اللَهGod رقيبيهhis two watchers
جعل اللَه رقيبيه
منfrom السوءٍharm فداهُhis ransom
من السوءٍ فداهُ
May God make his two watchers
May God make his guards
his ransom from harm.
Protect him from all harm
والذيand by the One who اقرحwounded فيover الشاthe young gazelle (word begins here)
والذي اقرح في الشا
دنcompletion of 'the young gazelle' قلبيmy heart ولواهُand wrung it
دن قلبي ولواهُ
And by Him who, over the young gazelle, wounded
He who has wounded and twisted
my heart and wrung it:
My heart in suffering
كلevery مشتاقٍone who longs إليهfor him
كل مشتاقٍ إليه
فمنthus, from السوءِharm فِداهhis ransom
فمن السوءِ فِداه
everyone who longs for him
May all who yearn for him
is thus his ransom from harm,
Be ransomed from evil
سيماespecially منone whom حالتbarred الأحراسthe guards
سيما من حالت الأحراس
منfrom دونshort of مناهhis desires
من دون مناه
especially one whom the guards have barred
Especially with guards preventing
from attaining his desires.
Our union
Sol 6.1