خَبّرونيtell me عَنabout اِسمِa noun جَمعٍa group وَإِنand if شِئـwish (continued)
خَبّروني عَن اِسمِ جَمعٍ وَإِن شِئـ
ـتَyou (completing the preceding verb) فَفِعلٌthen a verb ماضٍpast-tense وَإِنand if شِئتَyou wish حَرفُa particle
ـتَ فَفِعلٌ ماضٍ وَإِن شِئتَ حَرفُ
Tell me of a collective noun—and, if you wish—
Tell me of a plural name, and if you wish
—then a past-tense verb; and if you wish, a particle.
A past verb, and if you wish a letter
كُلُّevery قَلبٍheart بِقَلبِهِby its heart مُستَهامٌenraptured
كُلُّ قَلبٍ بِقَلبِهِ مُستَهامٌ
وَهوَand it إِنif خَبَّرواthey tell بِهِof it الصَبَّthe lovesick lover حَتفُdeath
وَهوَ إِن خَبَّروا بِهِ الصَبَّ حَتفُ
Every heart is enraptured by its heart.
Every heart with its heart is occupied
And if they tell the lovesick lover of it, it is death.
And if at dawn they tell it, it melts away
Sol 6.1