أَكلتُI ate طعاماًfood طالماso often قدalready عرضتُهI offered it
أَكلتُ طعاماً طالما قد عرضتُه
وأَظهرتُand I showed قرباًcloseness للذيto the one whom قدalready رفضتُهْI rejected him
وأَظهرتُ قرباً للذي قد رفضتُهْ
I ate food I had so often offered,
And showed closeness to the one I had rejected.
وصِرْتُand I came to أَغُضُّI lower الطرفَthe gaze عنهfrom him ضرورةًout of necessity
وصِرْتُ أَغُضُّ الطرفَ عنه ضرورةً
ويامَاand oh, how much بقلبيin my heart منهagainst him لماwhen غَضَضْتُهI lowered it
ويامَا بقلبي منه لما غَضَضْتُه
And I came to lower my gaze from him out of necessity,
And oh, how much my heart held against him when I lowered it!
وماand not كانwas منof طبعيmy nature التَّغَاضيturning a blind eye وإِنماbut rather
وما كان من طبعي التَّغَاضي وإِنما
رهنتُI pawned إِبائيmy pride فيهconcerning it حتىuntil اقْتَرَضْتُهI borrowed it
رهنتُ إِبائي فيه حتى اقْتَرَضْتُه
And turning a blind eye was not in my nature; rather,
I pawned my pride for it until I borrowed it.
أُقبِّلI kiss كَفّاًa hand ليتنيI wish I لوif قَطَعتُهاI cut it off
أُقبِّل كَفّاً ليتني لو قَطَعتُها
وأَلثِمُand I kiss ثَغْراًa mouth ليتنيI wish I لوif فَضَضْتُهI smashed it
وأَلثِمُ ثَغْراً ليتني لو فَضَضْتُه
I kiss a hand I wish I had cut off,
And kiss a mouth I wish I had smashed.
وماand not ليَfor me إِلاexcept مَبْسمٌa mouth قدalready قرعتُهI struck it
وما ليَ إِلا مَبْسمٌ قد قرعتُه
عليهon his account وإِلاand except أَنمُلٌfingertips قدalready عَضَضْتُهI bit them
عليه وإِلا أَنمُلٌ قد عَضَضْتُه
And I have only a mouth whose teeth I have gnashed
On his account, and fingertips I have bitten.
Sol 6.1