أُكنيI refer indirectly بِلَيلىby the name Layla عَنto حَبيبيmy beloved قاصِداًintending
أُكني بِلَيلى عَن حَبيبي قاصِداً
صَوْنَprotecting اِسمِهِhis name عَنfrom ذِكرِهِmentioning it بِلِسانيwith my tongue
صَوْنَ اِسمِهِ عَن ذِكرِهِ بِلِساني
I refer to my beloved as Layla, intending
I call my beloved Layla, intending
to protect his name from being spoken by my tongue,
To protect his name from mentioning him with my tongue.
وَلِأَجلِand for the purpose of تَشكيكِcasting into doubt الوُشاةِthe tale-bearers وَوَهْمِهِمand their misapprehension
وَلِأَجلِ تَشكيكِ الوُشاةِ وَوَهْمِهِم
فيabout عَينِthe identity مَنthe one whom أَسرَرْتُهُI concealed him بِجَنانيin my heart
في عَينِ مَن أَسرَرْتُهُ بِجَناني
and to leave the tale-bearers doubtful and mistaken
And because of the doubters' suspicion and delusion
about the identity of the one I conceal in my heart,
In the eye of him whom I have confided in my soul.
وَلِأَجلِand for the purpose of أَنّيthat I لاnot يَكونُthere should be مُشاركيone sharing with me
وَلِأَجلِ أَنّي لا يَكونُ مُشاركي
قَطعاًcertainly بِمَعرِفَةِin knowing المُهَفهَفِthe slender-waisted one ثانيa second person
قَطعاً بِمَعرِفَةِ المُهَفهَفِ ثاني
and so that I shall have no one sharing with me—
And so that I will not have a partner
certainly no other—in knowing the slender-waisted one.
In knowing my passionate lover.
Sol 6.1