عذيريWho will vindicate me? منagainst خليلٍa close friend لِbelonging to
عذيري من خليلٍ لِ
يَme يَقْلانيhe hates me وأَهواهُand I love him
يَ يَقْلاني وأَهواهُ
Who will vindicate me against a friend of
mine, who hates me though I love him?
يؤاتينيhe responds favorably to me فأرجوهُso I place my hope in him
يؤاتيني فأرجوهُ
ويجفونيand he shuns me فأخشاهُso I fear him
ويجفوني فأخشاهُ
He favors me, so I place my hope in him;
and he shuns me, so I fear him.
وماand not أنسىI forget وحوشيتُand may I be spared
وما أنسى وحوشيتُ
منfrom الغدرِtreachery وحاشاهُand far be it from him
من الغدرِ وحاشاهُ
And I do not forget—may I be spared
from treachery, and far be it from him—
حبيباًa beloved شَفَعَinterceded الحبlove (continued in the next line)
حبيباً شَفَعَ الحب
بُcompletion of 'love'; no separate meaning إليهِwith him فترضّاهُso it won his favor
بُ إليهِ فترضّاهُ
a beloved: Love interceded
with him and won his favor,
فأدناهُthen it drew him near إلىto صدريmy breast
فأدناهُ إلى صدري
وفيهand in it كانwas مَأْواهُhis dwelling
وفيه كان مَأْواهُ
then drew him close to my breast,
and in it was his home;
وخدّيand my cheek فوقabove يُسْراهُhis left hand
وخدّي فوق يُسْراهُ
وجَنْبيand my side تحتbeneath يُمناهُhis right hand
وجَنْبي تحت يُمناهُ
and my cheek lay above his left hand,
and my side beneath his right hand.
Sol 6.1