أيwhat a ديباجةsilken countenance حسنِbeauty
أي ديباجة حسنِ
هيجتstirred لوعةanguish حزنيmy grief
هيجت لوعة حزني
What a silken countenance of beauty
What elegance of beauty
has stirred the anguish of my grief,
Stirred my grief
إذwhen رمانيshot at me القمرُthe moon الزاthe radiant (word begins)
إذ رماني القمرُ الزا
هرradiant (word ends) عنfrom فترةِlanguor جفنِan eyelid
هر عن فترةِ جفنِ
when the radiant moon shot at me
When the bright moon deserted me
from a languid eyelid!
After a period of my eyelid
بأبيmay my father be her ransom شمسُa sun نهارٍdaytime
بأبي شمسُ نهارٍ
برزتshe emerged فيon يومa day دجنِgloom
برزت في يوم دجنِ
May my father ransom that daytime sun
By my father, the sun of daytime
that emerged on a day of gloom!
Rose on a gloomy day
قربتنيshe drew me near بالمُنىwith hopes حتuntil (word begins)
قربتني بالمُنى حت
تَىuntil (word ends) إذاwhen ماemphasis after 'when' أخلفتنيshe broke her promise to me
تَى إذا ما أخلفتني
She drew me near with hopes until,
It brought me near with wishes until
when she broke her promise to me,
When it left me
تركتنيshe left me بينbetween ميعاa promise (word begins)
تركتني بين ميعا
دٍpromise (word ends) وخلفٍand a broken promise وتجنيand unjust blame
دٍ وخلفٍ وتجني
she left me between a promise
It left me between past
and its breach, and unjust blame.
And future and picking me
ماnot أرانيI see myself ليfor me منfrom الصبوthe infatuation (word begins)
ما أراني لي من الصبو
ةِinfatuation (word ends) إلاexcept حسنgoodness ظنيmy opinion
ةِ إلا حسن ظني
I see nothing for me in infatuation
I see myself as having from youth
but my good opinion of her.
But good assumption
إنماonly دامتshe persisted علىin الغدthe treachery (word begins)
إنما دامت على الغد
رِtreachery (word ends) لماbecause of what تعرفُshe knows منيof me
رِ لما تعرفُ مني
She persisted in treachery only
It only lasted for tomorrow because
because of what she knows of me.
It knows me
أستعيذI seek refuge in اللَهGod منfrom إعراضِrejection
أستعيذ اللَه من إعراضِ
منone who أعرضturned away عنيfrom me
من أعرض عني
I seek refuge in God from the rejection
I seek refuge in God from the rejection
of one who turned away from me.
Of those who turned away from me
Sol 6.1