فؤادٌa heart عليلٌailing وجسمٌand a body نحيلُemaciated
فؤادٌ عليلٌ وجسمٌ نحيلُ
بذاكَin that ضناءٌillness بهذاin this نحولُwasting
بذاكَ ضناءٌ بهذا نحولُ
An ailing heart and an emaciated body;
in that, sickness; in this, wasting.
بطرفٍwith a gaze يترجِمُtranslates ماwhat ضُمِّناthey both were made to contain
بطرفٍ يترجِمُ ما ضُمِّنا
فيفهمُso understands سائلُهُits questioner ماwhat يقولُit says
فيفهمُ سائلُهُ ما يقولُ
With a gaze that translates what both hold within,
so its questioner understands what it says.
بنومٍwith sleep غريبٍestranged عنfrom المُقلتَيthe two eyes (word continues)
بنومٍ غريبٍ عن المُقلتَي
نِending of 'the two eyes' ودَمعٍand tears علىon وجنتيَّmy two cheeks يسيلُflows
نِ ودَمعٍ على وجنتيَّ يسيلُ
With sleep estranged from both eyes,
and tears streaming down my cheeks.
فَكيفَso how يذوقُtastes الكَرىslumber مدنفٌone wasted by illness
فَكيفَ يذوقُ الكَرى مدنفٌ
رثاهُpitied him العِداthe foes فبكاهُthen wept for him العذولُthe reproacher
رثاهُ العِدا فبكاهُ العذولُ
How, then, can one wasted by illness taste slumber—
one whom foes pitied, for whom the reproacher then wept?
Sol 6.1