بَلَّغا عَنّي سُلَيمى
وَسَلاها لِيَ عَمّا
You two, bear my message to Sulayma,
and ask her for me what
فَعَلَت في شَأنِ صَبٍّ
دَنِفٍ أُشعِرَ هَمّا
she has done concerning a passionate lover,
lovesick, ailing, and made to feel anguish.
وَلَقَد قُلتُ لِسَلمى
إِذ قَتَلتُ البَينَ عِلما
Indeed, I said to Salma,
when I knew our parting for certain:
أَنتِ هَمّي يا سُلَيمى
قَد قَضاهُ الرَبُّ حَتما
“You are my care, O Sulayma;
the Lord has irrevocably decreed it.”
نَزَلَت في القَلبِ قَسراً
مَنزِلاً قَد كانَ يُحمى
By force she came to dwell within the heart,
in a place that had once been guarded.
Sol 5.6