أَعودُI visit (the sick) حِمارَكُمyour donkey فيon كُلِّevery يَومٍday
أَعودُ حِمارَكُم في كُلِّ يَومٍ
إِذاwhenever ماemphatic particle ضَرَّهُharms him فَرطُan excess of الشَعيرِbarley
إِذا ما ضَرَّهُ فَرطُ الشَعيرِ
I visit your donkey every day
I bear your burdens every day
Whenever too much barley harms him.
When overfed with barley I stray
وَيُمرِضُنيand makes me ill التَأَلُّمُthe pain مِنfrom جَفاكُمyour coldness
وَيُمرِضُني التَأَلُّمُ مِن جَفاكُم
فَلَمyet did not أَرَI see عائِداًa visitor to the sick ليto me مِنin response to زَفيريmy sighs
فَلَم أَرَ عائِداً لي مِن زَفيري
And the pain of your coldness makes me ill,
Your coldness makes me ill at ease
Yet I have seen no one visit me in response to my sighs.
Yet my sighs bring no reprieve
فَإِنso if يَكُbe ذاكَthat حَقَّrightful جَزايَmy recompense مِنكُمfrom you
فَإِن يَكُ ذاكَ حَقَّ جَزايَ مِنكُم
لِإِفراطِfor the excess of المَحَبَّةِlove فيin ضَميريmy inner self
لِإِفراطِ المَحَبَّةِ في ضَميري
So if that is my rightful recompense from you
If this be what I earn from you
For the excess of love within my heart,
For loving you beyond my due
فَشُكراًthen thanks لِلمَحَبَّةِto love إِذsince حَطَطتُمyou have lowered
فَشُكراً لِلمَحَبَّةِ إِذ حَطَطتُم
بِهاthrough it الأَصحابَthe friends عَنbelow قَدرِthe rank of الحَميرِdonkeys
بِها الأَصحابَ عَن قَدرِ الحَميرِ
Then thanks be to love, since you have lowered
I thank that love which brought to earth
Friends, through it, below the rank of donkeys.
My friends who know a donkey's worth
Sol 6.1