اترُكَاleave off, you two اللَّومَblame فِيin الهَوَىlove وَاعذِرَانِيand excuse me, you two
اترُكَا اللَّومَ فِي الهَوَى وَاعذِرَانِي
سَاعدَانِيhelp me, you two عَلَىwith البُكَاweeping إنif بَكَيتُI weep
سَاعدَانِي عَلَى البُكَا إن بَكَيتُ
Leave off blaming me for love, and excuse me, you two.
Help me in my weeping, if I weep.
لاdo not تَلوblame (first fragment of تلوما) مَا(completes تلوما: you two blame) عَلَىfor الصَّبَابَةِardent longing مِثليone like me
لا تَلو مَا عَلَى الصَّبَابَةِ مِثلي
هَائِماًdistraught with love لَوhad لَقِيتُمَأyou both endured مَاwhat لَقِيتُI endured
هَائِماً لَو لَقِيتُمَأ مَا لَقِيتُ
You would not blame one like me for ardent longing,
distraught with love, had you both endured what I endured.
تَأمُرَانِيyou both urge me عَلَىto الرُّقَادِsleep بِجَهلٍin ignorance
تَأمُرَانِي عَلَى الرُّقَادِ بِجَهلٍ
وَأنَاwhile I فِيin الغَرامِconsuming love عَنهُfrom it نُهِيتُI have been forbidden
وَأنَا فِي الغَرامِ عَنهُ نُهِيتُ
In ignorance, you both urge me to sleep,
while, in love, I have been barred from it.
تَعرِفَانِyou both know الكَرَىslumber وَشَملُwhile the union of جُفُونِيmy eyelids
تَعرِفَانِ الكَرَى وَشَملُ جُفُونِي
مِنfrom كَرَاهَاtheir sleep مَرَّhas passed الزَّمَأنُtime شَتِيتُsundered
مِن كَرَاهَا مَرَّ الزَّمَأنُ شَتِيتُ
You both know slumber, while my eyelids' union
has long been sundered from their sleep.
يَاO خَلِيلَيَّmy two dear friends خَبّtell (first fragment of خبّراني) ِرانِي(completes خبّراني: you two tell me) بِصِدقٍtruthfully
يَا خَلِيلَيَّ خَبّ ِرانِي بِصِدقٍ
كَيفَwhat ... like طَعمُthe taste of الكَرَىslumber فَإنِّيfor I نسِيتُI have forgotten
كَيفَ طَعمُ الكَرَى فَإنِّي نسِيتُ
O my two dear friends, tell me truthfully:
What does slumber taste like? For I have forgotten.
Sol 6.1