ياO منyou who سلاhas forgotten love كيفhow كانwas منone who يجدfeels love’s anguish
يا من سلا كيف كان من يجد
كيفhow يكونُis العليلُthe ailing one والكمدُand the grief-stricken one
كيف يكونُ العليلُ والكمدُ
O you who have forgotten love, how has the yearning one fared?
O you who asked how he who finds was
How fares the ailing, grief-stricken one?
How can the sick and uptight be
تشهدُbears witness ليfor me عبرةٌa tear موكلةassigned
تشهدُ لي عبرةٌ موكلة
بجفنِto the lid عينٍof an eye أذابَهmelted it away السهدُsleeplessness
بجفنِ عينٍ أذابَه السهدُ
A tear bears witness for me, bound
A supervised tear testifies for me
To an eye’s lid, which sleeplessness has melted away.
With the eyelid of an eye melted by wakefulness
طعمtaste الكرىof slumber أينwhere كيفhow مذsince غبتyou vanished عنfrom
طعم الكرى أين كيف مذ غبت عن
عينيmy eye وهلand has نامslept بعدهafter him أحدanyone
عيني وهل نام بعده أحد
Where is the taste of slumber? How could I taste it since you vanished from
The taste of anguish where how since you were absent from
My sight? And has anyone slept since his departure?
My eyes and did anyone sleep after it
نعمyes ينامsleeps الذيthe one whom كلِفتُI became enamored بهof him
نعم ينام الذي كلِفتُ به
هناmay they be happy الأحباءُthe beloveds كلماwhenever رقدواthey slept
هنا الأحباءُ كلما رقدوا
Yes, the one I am enamored of sleeps.
Yes, the one I was entrusted with sleeps
May the beloveds be happy whenever they slumber.
Partial English translation: 7 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1