وَخِلٍّand a friend بِغىsought مِنهُfrom him قَلبيmy heart الشِفاhealing
وَخِلٍّ بِغى مِنهُ قَلبي الشِفا
وَأَمرَضَهُand he made it ill فَوقَon top of أَمراضِهِits ailments
وَأَمرَضَهُ فَوقَ أَمراضِهِ
And a friend from whom my heart sought healing
With wine I sought to heal my heart's pain
made it sicker still, adding to its ailments.
But it only brought more sickness and disdain
وَقُلتُand I said يَكونُwould be الصَديقُthe friend الحَميمُintimate; also scalding water
وَقُلتُ يَكونُ الصَديقُ الحَميمُ
فَجَرَّعَنيهِso he made me swallow it بِإِعراضِهِby his turning away
فَجَرَّعَنيهِ بِإِعراضِهِ
And I thought he would be an intimate friend,
I thought a friend would stay ever true
but by turning away he made me swallow scalding water.
Yet with indifference he made my hopes wane
Sol 6.1