ياO لائِميyou who reproach me فيfor فَتاةٍa maiden
يا لائِمي في فَتاةٍ
كاللّيلةِlike the night الليْلاءpitch-dark
كاللّيلةِ الليْلاء
O you who reproach me for a maiden
O you who blame me for a girl
like the pitch-dark night:
As dark as the darkest night!
بيin me منfrom جُنونِthe madness of هواهاlove for her
بي من جُنونِ هواها
داءٌan illness عزيزٍُhard to obtain الدَّواءthe cure
داءٌ عزيزٍُ الدَّواء
From the madness of my love for her, I suffer
With love for her I'm crazy—
an illness whose cure is hard to find.
A malady past any cure.
دَعنيleave me be فأصلُfor the root of جُنونيmy madness
دَعني فأصلُ جُنوني
تَغَلُّبُthe predominance of السّوداءِblack bile
تَغَلُّبُ السّوداءِ
Leave me be, for the root of my madness
So let me rave in madness!
is the predominance of black bile.
The cure would only hurt me more.
Sol 6.1