طَويلُlong الضَّنىwasting illness يَستلذُfinds pleasure in السقامsickness
طَويلُ الضَّنى يَستلذُ السقام
لأنَّكَbecause you ياO طرفُeye أعديتَهُyou infected him
لأنَّكَ يا طرفُ أعديتَهُ
He who has long languished delights in sickness,
because you, O eye, have infected him.
يُناجيwhispers to مكانَكَyour place منwithin قلبهِhis heart
يُناجي مكانَكَ من قلبهِ
ولوand if كنتَyou were فيهِin it لناجَيتَهُyou would whisper to him
ولو كنتَ فيهِ لناجَيتَهُ
He whispers to your place within his heart;
and were you in it, you would whisper to him.
وتأنسُand you find solace بالشوقِin longing أنسَthe solace of المحبthe lover
وتأنسُ بالشوقِ أنسَ المحب
بِword-ending completing “the lover” علماًknowing بأنَّكَthat you أهديتَهُyou bestowed it
بِ علماً بأنَّكَ أهديتَهُ
And you find solace in longing as a lover does,
knowing that you bestowed it.
Sol 6.1