ياO نائمَsleeping الطرفِthe eye هناكَmay it gladden you الكَرىslumber
يا نائمَ الطرفِ هناكَ الكَرى
لمdid not يَرثِpity ليfor me طرفُكَyour eye ممَّاat what يَرىit sees
لم يَرثِ لي طرفُكَ ممَّا يَرى
O sleepy-eyed one, may slumber be sweet to you.
O you who sleeps with eyelids closed over there
Your eye has shown me no pity at what it sees.
Your eyes have not inherited any tears from what they see
لمdid not تدرِknow عَينيmy eye ماwhat جَنىwrought لحظُهاits glance
لم تدرِ عَيني ما جَنى لحظُها
حتىuntil جَرىflowed مِنfrom دَمعهاits tears ماwhat جَرىflowed
حتى جَرى مِن دَمعها ما جَرى
My eye did not know what its glance had wrought,
My eyes did not know what they had attained
until its tears flowed as they did.
Until tears flowed from them as they flowed
ماwhat ضَرَّharm منthe one whose أنحلنيmade me waste away هَجرُهُhis desertion
ما ضَرَّ من أنحلني هَجرُهُ
لوif رَدَّrestored منيof me وصلُهُreunion with him ياoh تُرَىI wonder
لو رَدَّ مني وصلُهُ يا تُرَى
What harm would it do the one whose desertion wasted me,
It would not have harmed me if his estrangement had undone me
if reunion with him restored me, I wonder?
If only his union would return to me, I wonder
منamong كلِّall منthose who أبصَرنيsaw me خاضِعاًsubmissive
من كلِّ من أبصَرني خاضِعاً
تاهَgrew haughty لإجلالِbecause of reverence لهfor him وامتَرىand doubted
تاهَ لإجلالِ له وامتَرى
Among all who saw me submissive,
Everyone who saw me humbled
he grew haughty at the reverence shown him, and doubted.
Wandered, awed by reverence for him, and hesitated
Sol 6.1