ياO عزيزاًprecious one لمdid not تَبتَذلهcheapen him العيونُthe eyes
يا عزيزاً لم تَبتَذله العيونُ
فَهوso he is عنfrom أعينِthe eyes الأنامِhumankind مَصونُprotected
فَهو عن أعينِ الأنامِ مَصونُ
O precious one whom eyes have not cheapened,
O dear one whom eyes have not made common
For he is shielded from the eyes of humankind.
So he is protected from people's eyes
مدنفُstricken with illness القلبِthe heart ناحِلُwasted الجِسمthe body يهواloves
مدنفُ القلبِ ناحِلُ الجِسم يهوا
كَyou إذاif ماemphatic particle صددتَyou turn away كيفَhow يكونُwill he be
كَ إذا ما صددتَ كيفَ يكونُ
One sick at heart, wasted in body, loves
Saddened of heart, exhausted of body, he is passionate
you—if you turn away, what will become of him?
As though, when confronted, how could it be otherwise?
ياO فتوراًlanguor حواهُheld it بالنظرِwith the gaze الفاthe languid (word beginning)
يا فتوراً حواهُ بالنظرِ الفا
تِرcompletion of 'languid' منfrom لحظِthe glance مقلتيهِhis two eyes الجفونُthe eyelids
تِر من لحظِ مقلتيهِ الجفونُ
O languor, gathered through a languid gaze
O listlessness has made him languid with an eye
by the eyelids from the glance of his eyes!
Drowsy from the glance of his sleepy eyelids
ليسَthere is not بعدَafter الغليلِthe burning thirst والشوقِand the longing والand the
ليسَ بعدَ الغليلِ والشوقِ وال
وجدِpassion وطُولِand the duration السقامِthe sickness إلاexcept المنونُdeath
وجدِ وطُولِ السقامِ إلا المنونُ
There is nothing after burning thirst, longing, and
After desire and longing and ecstasy
passion and prolonged sickness but death.
And length of lovesickness, there is nothing left but death
Sol 6.1