نَسيمُbreeze الصَّباthe east wind اِعتلَّتْfell ill وَكانَتand had been صَحيحَةًhealthy
نَسيمُ الصَّبا اِعتلَّتْ وَكانَت صَحيحَةً
وَلاand no بِدْعَwonder لَوif صارَbecame النّسيمُthe breeze عَليلاill
وَلا بِدْعَ لَو صارَ النّسيمُ عَليلا
Nasīm al-Ṣabā—“Breath of the East Wind”—fell ill, though she had been well;
The east wind's breeze fell ill, though it had been healthy;
and no wonder if the breeze itself should grow sickly.
And no wonder if the breeze grew ailing:
فَقَدfor indeed مَرَّpassed بيby me صُبحاًin the morning وجسميand my body ناحلٌgaunt
فَقَد مَرَّ بي صُبحاً وجسمي ناحلٌ
فَصارَso it became عَليلاًill حينَwhen مَسَّtouched نَحيلاa thin person
فَصارَ عَليلاً حينَ مَسَّ نَحيلا
For your twin dawns passed over me while my body was gaunt;
For it passed by me one morning, while my body was gaunt;
and the breeze grew sickly when it touched my body, gaunt as it was.
So it fell ill when it touched one so thin.
Sol 6.1