لبيكَat your call منfrom متخيّرٍone choosing إلفاa beloved
لبيكَ من متخيّرٍ إلفا
أماas for هواكَlove for you فكانَso it was ليfor me حتفاdeath
أما هواكَ فكانَ لي حتفا
At your call—from one who has chosen a beloved.
I obey your call, though selectively
As for loving you, it has been my death.
Yet your love was my demise
أخلوI am alone بطرفِكَwith your gaze أنthat يُجرعنيit may make me drink
أخلو بطرفِكَ أن يُجرعني
كأسthe cup المنيةِof death مترعاًbrimful صِرفاunmixed
كأس المنيةِ مترعاً صِرفا
I am alone with your gaze, that it may make me drink
To be left alone with your gaze, forcing me
the cup of death, brimful and unmixed.
To drink the cup of death in deep sips
وكتمتُand I concealed ماwhat ألقاهُI endure it محتسباًhoping for recompense
وكتمتُ ما ألقاهُ محتسباً
متحملاًbearing patiently لاnot أظهِرُI reveal اللهفاanguish
متحملاً لا أظهِرُ اللهفا
And I concealed what I endure, hoping for recompense,
I concealed what the custodian discovered
bearing it, I show no anguish.
Bearing it, not exposing my yearning
فأبىbut refused السقامُsickness وعبرةٌand a tear وكفتflowed
فأبى السقامُ وعبرةٌ وكفت
إلاexcept بماconcerning what أسررتهُI kept it secret كشفاdisclosure
إلا بما أسررتهُ كشفا
But sickness and a tear that flowed insisted
But sickness, tears, and palms refused
on revealing what I had kept secret.
Except to uncover what I kept secret
Sol 6.1