وأفشيْتُand I divulged سرِّيmy secret إلىto صاحبٍa friend
وأفشيْتُ سرِّي إلى صاحبٍ
فعدْتُso I became لهُbefore him طولَthroughout دهريmy lifetime ذليلاabased
فعدْتُ لهُ طولَ دهري ذليلا
And I divulged my secret to a friend,
I confided my secret to a friend,
so I became abased before him for all my days.
And for an age endured his tyranny.
فواso, oh! أسفاsorrow! كيفَhow أودعتُهُI entrusted him
فوا أسفا كيفَ أودعتُهُ
ليومِfor the day العداوةِof enmity سيفاًa sword صقيلاpolished
ليومِ العداوةِ سيفاً صقيلا
Alas! How could I have entrusted him
Alas, how bitterly I rue
with a polished sword for the day of enmity?
Entrusting to a foe my naked sword!
Sol 6.1