ياO مَلِيحَcharming الدَّلاَلِcoquetry رِفْقاًbe gentle بصَبٍّwith a lovesick lover
يا مَلِيحَ الدَّلاَلِ رِفْقاً بصَبٍّ
يَشْتَكيhe complains منْكَof you جَفْوَةًcoldness وملاَلاَand boredom
يَشْتَكي منْكَ جَفْوَةً وملاَلاَ
O you of charming coquetry, be gentle with a lovesick lover
who complains of your coldness and boredom.
نطقspoke السُّقْمُillness بالَّذِيof what كانَused to يُخْفِيconceal
نطق السُّقْمُ بالَّذِي كانَ يُخْفِي
فَسِلso ask الجسْمَthe body إِنْif أَرَدْتَyou wish سُؤَالاَan inquiry
فَسِل الجسْمَ إِنْ أَرَدْتَ سُؤَالاَ
Illness spoke of what he used to conceal;
so ask his body if you wish to inquire.
قَدْindeed أَتَاهُcame to him فيin النَّوْمِsleep مِنْكَfrom you خَيالٌa phantom
قَدْ أَتَاهُ في النَّوْمِ مِنْكَ خَيالٌ
فرآهُand it saw him كماas اشْتَهِيْتَyou wished خَيالاَa phantom
فرآهُ كما اشْتَهِيْتَ خَيالاَ
A phantom of you came to him in sleep,
and it saw him, as you wished, a phantom.
يَتَحَامَاهُshun him للضَّنَىbecause of wasting illness أَلْسُنُtongues الْعَذْreproach (word continues)
يَتَحَامَاهُ للضَّنَى أَلْسُنُ الْعَذْ
لcompletion of 'reproach' فَأَضْحَىso he became لاَnot يَعْرِفُhe knows العُذَّالاَthe reproachers
ل فَأَضْحَى لاَ يَعْرِفُ العُذَّالاَ
The tongues of reproach shun him because of his wasting illness,
so he no longer knows those who reproach him.
Sol 6.1