قريتI read خطّكyour letter بالوفاin full عشرten مرّاتtimes
قريت خطّك بالوفا عشر مرّات
فيin كلeach مرّهtime تنثرscatters العينthe eye ماهاits water (tears)
في كل مرّه تنثر العين ماها
I read your letter in full ten times.
I read your line with faithfulness ten times
Each time, the eye scatters its water.
Each time the eye sheds its water
ذكرتنيyou reminded me هاكthose الليالnights الجميلاتbeautiful
ذكرتني هاك الليال الجميلات
لوthough كانwas قلبيmy heart ذاكرremembering(نnunation marker (no lexical meaning)) ماnot نساهاforgot them
لو كان قلبي ذاكر(ن) ما نساها
You reminded me of those beautiful nights.
You reminded me of those beautiful nights
Though my heart remembered them and had never forgotten them.
If only my heart that remembers had not forgotten them
منsince عقبكمafter you ماnot عادany longer للعيشfor life لذّاتpleasures
من عقبكم ما عاد للعيش لذّات
ماnot التذّI take delight فيin دنياa world مخالفat odds with هواهاits desires
ما التذّ في دنيا مخالف هواها
Since you left, life has held no pleasures.
After you, life's pleasures are no more
I find no delight in a world whose desires run counter to mine.
A world contradicting one's love is not inhabited
اليومtoday اناI مثلكlike you جدايmy gain التنهاتsighs
اليوم انا مثلك جداي التنهات
عينيmy eye تهلsheds دموعهاits tears منfrom عناهاits anguish
عيني تهل دموعها من عناها
Today, like you, my only gain is sighs.
Today I am like you, totally devastated
My eye sheds its tears from its anguish.
My eyes pouring their tears from their springs
هايمlovesick بعيدfar from الدّارhome سهرانawake at night ماnot باتslept
هايم بعيد الدّار سهران ما بات
أتبعI follow هواجيسtroubled thoughts(نnunation marker (no lexical meaning)) بعيدdistant(نnunation marker (no lexical meaning)) مداهاtheir reach
أتبع هواجيس(ن) بعيد(ن) مداها
Lovesick, far from home, I stay awake and have not slept.
Wandering far from home, sleepless
I follow troubled thoughts whose reach is far.
Following fanciful thoughts beyond their extent
نارfire(نnunation marker (no lexical meaning)) تلهّبflares بينbetween الاضلاعthe ribs زافاتsurging bursts
نار(ن) تلهّب بين الاضلاع زافات
نارfire(نnunation marker (no lexical meaning)) لجتraged بالخوفwith fear العاليhigh سناهاits glow
نار(ن) لجت بالخوف العالي سناها
A fire flares in surges between my ribs.
A blazing fire amidst the ribs flaring up
A fire rages with fear, its glow rising high.
A fire whose towering flames have flared
Sol 6.1