يَدُلُّpoints علىto أننيthat I am عاشِقٌin love
يَدُلُّ على أنني عاشِقٌ
منfrom الدمعtears مُستشهدٌa witness called to testify ناطِقٌspeaking
من الدمع مُستشهدٌ ناطِقٌ
That I am in love is shown
My tears bear witness that I am a lover,
by a speaking witness called forth from tears.
Speaking out from martyrdom.
وليand I have مالكٌa master أناI عبدٌa slave لهُto him
ولي مالكٌ أنا عبدٌ لهُ
مُقِرٌّacknowledging بأنيthat I am لهwith him وَامِقُdeeply in love
مُقِرٌّ بأني له وَامِقُ
And I have a master; I am his slave,
I have a master whom I serve as slave,
acknowledging that I am deeply in love with him.
Admitting that I yearn for him.
إذاwhenever ماan emphatic particle سَمَوتُI aspired الىto وصلِهِunion with him
إذا ما سَمَوتُ الى وصلِهِ
تعرّضَinterposed itself ليin my way دونَهbetween me and him عائِقُan obstacle
تعرّضَ لي دونَه عائِقُ
Whenever I aspire to union with him,
When I soar up to meet him,
an obstacle confronts me, barring my way to him.
Obstacles block my way to him.
وحارَبنيand fought me فيهover him ريبُmisfortunes الزمانِof time
وحارَبني فيه ريبُ الزمانِ
كأنَّas though الزمانَtime لهwith him عاشِقُin love
كأنَّ الزمانَ له عاشِقُ
And the misfortunes of time wage war on me over him,
And time's doubt makes war on me therein
as though time were in love with him.
As though time itself were his lover.
Sol 6.1