ياO حَسبَsufficiency of نفسيmy soul وكَفيand my sufficiency
يا حَسبَ نفسي وكَفي
ارحمhave mercy on كَئيباًa sorrowful man دنِفاlovesick
ارحم كَئيباً دنِفا
O you who suffice my soul—my all,
O my soul's sufficiency and all I need,
have mercy on one forlorn and wasting away.
Have mercy on a sorrowful, lovesick man.
يزيدُهُmakes him more عاذلُهُhis reprover
يزيدُهُ عاذلُهُ
فيin كلِّevery يومٍday شغفاpassion
في كلِّ يومٍ شغفا
His reproacher only makes him grow
His reprover makes him grow
more ardent with every day.
More passionate with every day.
فكانَand he used to يخفيhide وجدَهُhis longing
فكانَ يخفي وجدَهُ
حتىuntil بداbecame apparent وانكشفاand was revealed
حتى بدا وانكشفا
He once kept his longing hidden,
And he used to hide his longing,
until it showed and stood revealed.
Until it appeared and was laid bare.
فأصبحso he became اليومَtoday بهِin it
فأصبح اليومَ بهِ
مستهتراًbesotted معترفاconfessing
مستهتراً معترفا
And now, because of it, he has become
So today, in that passion, he has become
recklessly enamored, openly confessing.
Besotted, openly confessing it.
Sol 6.1