عليلٌan ailing one ليسis not يشبهُهُresembles him عليلُan ailing one
عليلٌ ليس يشبهُهُ عليلُ
فكمso how often أشكوI complain إليكَto you وكمand how often أقولُI speak
فكم أشكو إليكَ وكم أقولُ
An ailing one whom no other ailing one resembles.
A sick one unlike any other sick
How often, then, I complain to you, and how often I speak!
How much do I complain to you and how much do I say
تكلمتِspoke الجفونُthe eyelids بماof what لديهاthey held
تكلمتِ الجفونُ بما لديها
ودزand was dispatched إليكَto you منfrom قلبيmy heart رسولُa messenger
ودز إليكَ من قلبي رسولُ
The eyelids spoke of what they held,
The eyelids have spoken with what they possess
and a messenger was dispatched to you from my heart.
And a messenger from my heart has come down to you
يقولhe says يظنis thought منthe one whom تيمتyou enthralled يَسلوhe forgets his love
يقول يظن من تيمت يَسلو
وأينَand where إلىto السلوِّforgetting love لهfor him سبيلُa path
وأينَ إلى السلوِّ له سبيلُ
He says: “It is thought that the one you enthralled will forget—
He says, he who is consoled by you finds comfort
yet where is there a path to forgetting for him?”
And where can he find a way to consolation?
أنِلgrant favor ياO مَنone who لهfor him فيin كُلevery يومٍday
أنِل يا مَن له في كُل يومٍ
بلحظتهِby his glance صريعٌone laid low أوor قَتيلُone slain
بلحظتهِ صريعٌ أو قَتيلُ
Grant me favor, O you who, every day,
Relent, O He who has in every day
have someone laid low or slain by your glance.
By His glance, a slain man or a casualty
Sol 6.1