أوحشَنيhas made me desolate ياO صنعةُhandiwork الباريthe Creator
أوحشَني يا صنعةُ الباري
جمالُكَyour beauty العاريfree منَfrom العارِshame
جمالُكَ العاري منَ العارِ
I am left desolate, O handiwork of the Creator,
You have forsaken me, O Work of the Creator
by your beauty, free from shame.
Your uncovered beauty, free of shame
ياO نورَlight عينيmy eye وياand O حياتيmy life وياand O
يا نورَ عيني ويا حياتي ويا
أنسيmy solace وياand O مودعَkeeper أسراريmy secrets
أنسي ويا مودعَ أسراري
O light of my eye, and O my life, and O
O light of my eye, my life, and my
my solace, and O keeper of my secrets.
Solace, depositor of my secrets
لمdid not تنصفينيyou treat me fairly أنتِyou فيin جنةٍparadise
لم تنصفيني أنتِ في جنةٍ
ومهجتيand my heart بعدَكِafter you فيin نارِfire
ومهجتي بعدَكِ في نارِ
You have not been fair to me: you are in paradise,
You did not do me justice, you in paradise
while my heart, since you left, is in fire.
While my heart after you is in fire
بعدَكِafter you لاnot تعجبنيpleases me غادةٌa graceful young woman
بعدَكِ لا تعجبني غادةٌ
ولوand even if غدتْshe became كالكواكبِlike the stars الساريtraveling by night
ولو غدتْ كالكواكبِ الساري
After you, no graceful young woman pleases me,
After you, I am not pleased with Ghada
even if she were like the stars traveling by night.
Even if she becomes like the rising stars
وإنْand if أجدْI find مثلَكِyour equal مِنْwho (contextual reading) ليfor me
وإنْ أجدْ مثلَكِ مِنْ لي
فيin عشقيَmy love الطاريnewly arisen صباyouth طارِhas flown away
في عشقيَ الطاري صبا طارِ
And even if I find your equal, who can restore to me
And if I find your equal belonging to me
in my newfound love the youth that has flown away?
In my soaring love, youth has flown
إنْif كانَwas صبريmy patience ناصريmy helper بعدماafter
إنْ كانَ صبري ناصري بعدما
بِنْتِyou departed فياthen alas قلةَscarcity أنصاريmy helpers
بِنْتِ فيا قلةَ أنصاري
If my patience is my helper after
If my patience is my ally after
you have departed—alas, how few my helpers are!
You built the scarcity of my allies
Sol 6.1