ياO عينُeye كمhow often أدعوI pray عليagainst
يا عينُ كم أدعو علي
كِyou (feminine suffix) ولاand not يُريحُgives relief اللَهُGod منكِfrom you
كِ ولا يُريحُ اللَهُ منكِ
O eye, how often I pray against
O eye, how often I curse
you, yet God gives me no relief from you!
you, yet God does not relieve me of you
ماhow (exclamatory) كانَwas أفقرَنيneedy I was إلىfor
ما كانَ أفقرَني إلى
قلبيmy heart وأغنىand free of need القلبَthe heart عنكِof you
قلبي وأغنى القلبَ عنكِ
How sorely I needed
Nothing has made me poorer to
my heart, and how little the heart needed you!
my heart, or made my heart richer without you
كمhow often خُنتِنيyou betrayed me وخذلتِand you forsook قَلheart (first fragment)
كم خُنتِني وخذلتِ قَل
باًending of 'a heart' لمdid not يَخنكِit betrays you ولمand did not أخُنكِI betray you
باً لم يَخنكِ ولم أخُنكِ
How often you betrayed me and forsook a
How often you have betrayed me and let down
heart that did not betray you, nor did I betray you!
a heart that never betrayed you, and I never betrayed you
ياO ليلةًnight بلrather ليلتيmy night
يا ليلةً بل ليلتي
لمdid not أأتمنكِI trust you وماand not أتامنكI feel safe with you
لم أأتمنكِ وما أتامنك
O night—rather, my night—
O night, no, my night
I did not trust you, nor do I feel safe with you.
I did not trust you, nor will I ever trust you
Sol 6.1