مَنْwho لِيfor me بأنْthat I may أَشْكُوI complain of إليكَto you مَدَامعاًtears
مَنْ لِي بأنْ أَشْكُو إليكَ مَدَامعاً
تَهْمِيstream down عليكَover you وأَضْلُعاًand ribs بكَbecause of you تَحْتَرِقْburn
تَهْمِي عليكَ وأَضْلُعاً بكَ تَحْتَرِقْ
Who will grant that I may complain to you of tears
that stream over you, and ribs that burn for you,
فتَرِقَّso you may soften لِيtoward me ياO مَنْone who غَدَاhas become قَلْبُthe reversal اسمِهِof his name
فتَرِقَّ لِي يا مَنْ غَدَا قَلْبُ اسمِهِ
مُتَصَحِّفاًwith its dots altered ماthat which ضِدُّهُits opposite ماضِيthe past tense of يَرِقْhe grows tender
مُتَصَحِّفاً ما ضِدُّهُ ماضِي يَرِقْ
so you might soften toward me, O you whose reversed name has become,
with its dots altered, a word whose opposite is the past tense of ‘he grows tender’?
Sol 6.1