جسدٌa body بلاwithout قلبٍa heart ولاnor كبدِa liver
جسدٌ بلا قلبٍ ولا كبدِ
كيفَhow الصلاحُsoundness لذلكfor that الجسدِthe body
كيفَ الصلاحُ لذلك الجسدِ
A body without a heart or a liver—
A body without a heart or liver
How can that body be sound?
How can it be decent, that body?
مَنone who عَينهhis eye تبكيweeps عليهover him لهfor him
مَن عَينه تبكي عليه له
ولماand for what لهاit has منof دائمِunceasing السهدِsleeplessness
ولما لها من دائمِ السهدِ
One whose eye weeps over him, for his sake,
He who has an eye that weeps for him
And for its own unceasing sleeplessness.
For what it constantly suffers
ياO سائلاًone asking عنيabout me وعنand about دنفيmy lovesickness
يا سائلاً عني وعن دنفي
هذاthis عنfrom الزفراتthe sighs والكمدِand inward sorrow
هذا عن الزفرات والكمدِ
O you who ask about me and my lovesickness,
You who ask about me and my shelter
This comes from sighs and inward sorrow.
This is about sighs and sorrows
ماذاwhat جنتhas committed عينٌan eye بلحظتهاwith its glance
ماذا جنت عينٌ بلحظتها
ويديand my hand فلاso may … not بقيتremain عليَّupon me يديmy hand
ويدي فلا بقيت عليَّ يدي
What wrong has an eye done with its glance,
What has an eye reaped with its glance?
And my hand? May my hand no longer remain upon me!
And my hands - if they remained my hands
Sol 6.1