ياO حلوةlovely العينينthe two eyes ياO قاسيهْcruel one
يا حلوة العينين يا قاسيهْ
سرعانhow quickly ماemphatic particle أصبحتyou became ليof me ناسيهْforgetful
سرعان ما أصبحت لي ناسيهْ
O lovely-eyed one, O cruel one,
O beauty of eyes, O cruel one
How quickly you came to forget me!
You quickly became forgetful of me
أماas for أناI فلستbut I do not أنسىforget يداًa hand
أما أنا فلست أنسى يداً
ناعمةًsoft تجودgives generously بالعافيهwith health
ناعمةً تجود بالعافيه
As for me, I do not forget a hand,
But I do not forget a hand
Soft and generous in bestowing health.
Soft, bestowing well-being
لئنeven if شفىcured الطبmedicine ضنىillness عارضاًpassing
لئن شفى الطب ضنى عارضاً
فمهجتيyet my heart أنتyou لهاfor it شافيهa healer
فمهجتي أنت لها شافيه
Even if medicine has cured a passing illness,
If medicine relieves a transient ailment
Yet you are the healer of my heart.
You are the healer of my passion
وإبرةand the needle الآسيthe physician علىdespite نفعهاits benefit
وإبرة الآسي على نفعها
أفعلmore effective منهاthan it نظرةٌa glance ساجيهtranquil
أفعل منها نظرةٌ ساجيه
And the physician's needle, for all its benefit,
And the needle of sorrow is beneficial
Is less effective than a tranquil glance,
More so than a lingering glance
تبعثهاsends it عيناكِyour two eyes فيwithin أضلعيmy ribs
تبعثها عيناكِ في أضلعي
فياضةًoverflowing بعطفهاwith its tenderness آسيهhealing
فياضةً بعطفها آسيه
Which your eyes send within my ribs,
Cast by your eyes into my ribs
Overflowing with tenderness, bringing healing.
Overflowing with tender sorrow
تلأمmends قلباًa heart نَكَأتْit reopened جرحَهits wound
تلأم قلباً نَكَأتْ جرحَه
فعادso it returned يهوَىto love مرةa time ثانيةsecond
فعاد يهوَى مرة ثانية
It mends a heart whose wound it reopened,
It heals a heart whose wound you reopened
So it returned to love once more.
So it desires again
وتظفئand extinguishes النارthe fire التيthat حُرّwas stoked (first verb fragment) كتْverb continuation; no independent meaning
وتظفئ النار التي حُرّ كتْ
فارجعتهاthen brought it back زفرةa sigh حاميهburning
فارجعتها زفرة حاميه
And quenches the fire that had been stoked,
And it rekindles a fire you provoked
Then a burning sigh brought it back.
Quenched by an ardent sigh
قيصرةempress الحسنbeauty ألاshall ... not? اشتكيI complain
قيصرة الحسن ألا اشتكي
إليكto you منof جوركyour injustice ياO طاغيةtyrant
إليك من جورك يا طاغية
Empress of beauty, shall I not complain
Queen of beauty, should I complain
To you of your injustice, O tyrant?
Of your tyranny against me?
هلquestion marker كانwas نسيانكyour forgetting ليof me هفوةa lapse
هل كان نسيانك لي هفوة
أمor خطّةa scheme أْشراكُهاits snares خافيهhidden
أم خطّة أْشراكُها خافيه
Was your forgetting me a lapse,
Was your forgetting me an oversight
Or a scheme whose snares are hidden?
Or a plot with hidden snares?
سيدتيmy lady ذنبكyour fault مهماwhatever يكنit may be
سيدتي ذنبك مهما يكن
تغفرهpardons it أعذاركyour excuses الواهيهflimsy
تغفره أعذارك الواهيه
My lady, whatever your fault may be,
My lady, whatever your sin may be
Your flimsy excuses pardon it.
Your frail excuses will forgive it
Sol 6.1