صَبٌّa lovesick lover لوif أنّكَthat you تُسعِدُهُmake him happy
صَبٌّ لو أنّكَ تُسعِدُهُ
لمnot يَسْهَرْstay awake ليلاًa night تَرْقُدهُyou sleep through it
لم يَسْهَرْ ليلاً تَرْقُدهُ
A lovesick man—were you to make him happy,
A love for whom, if you made him happy
he would not lie awake through a night you sleep away.
He would not stay up a night where you lulled him to sleep
قَدindeed أَنحَلَهُhas wasted him away الهجرانُestrangement أسىًwith grief
قَد أَنحَلَهُ الهجرانُ أسىً
فالطّرفُso the eye لِذاكَbecause of that مُسَهّدهُkeeps him sleepless
فالطّرفُ لِذاكَ مُسَهّدهُ
Estrangement has wasted him away with grief;
He is distraught with yearning for you
and so his eyes keep him sleepless.
So his eyes for that are his pillow
كمhow often أنشَدَhe recited ليلاًthrough a night طالgrew long بهِfor him
كم أنشَدَ ليلاً طال بهِ
ياO ليلُnight الصّبُّthe lovesick lover متىwhen غَدُهُhis morrow
يا ليلُ الصّبُّ متى غَدُهُ
How often he has sung through a night that dragged on for him:
How much has he recited poetry in the long night for you
“O night of the lovesick lover, when will his morrow come?”
O long night, when will it end
يُغريهِspurs him on العذلُreproach فَعاذِلهُso his reproacher
يُغريهِ العذلُ فَعاذِلهُ
لاnot يُصلِحهُsets him right بلrather يُفسِدُهُruins him
لا يُصلِحهُ بل يُفسِدُهُ
Reproach spurs him on, so his reproacher
He is tempted by coquetry, so coquette with him
does not set him right, but ruins him.
It does not fix him, but corrupts him
مولايَmy lord مُحِبُّكَyour lover كمhow often يدنوdraws near
مولايَ مُحِبُّكَ كم يدنو
فيin الحبِّlove إليكَto you وتُبعدُهُyet you drive him away
في الحبِّ إليكَ وتُبعدُهُ
My lord, how often your lover draws near
My Lord, your lover, how much he comes close
to you in love, while you drive him away.
In love to You, and You distance him
وَعلامَand why تبوحُreveal مدامِعُهُhis tears
وَعلامَ تبوحُ مدامِعُهُ
وَجداُpassionate longing بِهَواكَfor love of you وتَجْحَدُهُand you deny it
وَجداُ بِهَواكَ وتَجْحَدُهُ
And why do his tears reveal
And why do his tears profess
his passion for you, while you deny it?
Ecstasy with Your love, and You deny it
حاشاكfar be it from you وليسَand there is no لهُfor him سَكَنٌrefuge
حاشاك وليسَ لهُ سَكَنٌ
عنfrom بابِكَyour door يَوماًever تَطرُدُهُyou drive him away
عن بابِكَ يَوماً تَطرُدُهُ
Far be it from you—he has no refuge—
It cannot be You, and he has no peace
ever to drive him from your door.
From Your door, a day where You expel him
لاdo not تَحسبْsuppose لائِمَهُhis reproacher أبداًever
لا تَحسبْ لائِمَهُ أبداً
بِملامٍwith reproach فيكَfor loving you يُفَندهُproves him wrong
بِملامٍ فيكَ يُفَندهُ
Never suppose that his reproacher
Do not ever suppose his critic
can prove him wrong by censuring his love for you.
With blame in You could counter him
Sol 6.1