أَيُّهاO العاتِبُthe reproachful one الَّذيwho رامَsought هَجريto forsake me
أَيُّها العاتِبُ الَّذي رامَ هَجري
وَبِعاديand estrangement from me وَماand not عَلِمتُI knew بِذاكاof that
وَبِعادي وَما عَلِمتُ بِذاكا
O reproachful one who sought to forsake me
And part from me, though I knew nothing of it.
أَلِقَتلىis it to kill me أَراكَI see you أَعرَضتَyou turned away عَنّيfrom me
أَلِقَتلى أَراكَ أَعرَضتَ عَنّي
أَمor بِعادٌestrangement أَمor جَفوَةٌcoldness فَكفاكاso let that suffice you
أَم بِعادٌ أَم جَفوَةٌ فَكفاكا
Is it to kill me that I see you turn away from me,
Or estrangement, or coldness? You have done enough.
قَدindeed بَرَيتَyou have worn away العِظامَthe bones وَالجِسمَand the body مِنّيof mine
قَد بَرَيتَ العِظامَ وَالجِسمَ مِنّي
وَهَواناand our love مُوافِقٌis in accord لِهَواكاwith your love
وَهَوانا مُوافِقٌ لِهَواكا
You have worn away my bones and body,
Though our love accords with yours.
قَدindeed بُليناwe have been afflicted وَماand not نَجودُwe give freely بِشَيءٍanything
قَد بُلينا وَما نَجودُ بِشَيءٍ
وَيحَalas for نَفسيmy soul ياO حِبَّbeloved ماhow أَجفاكاcold you are
وَيحَ نَفسي يا حِبَّ ما أَجفاكا
We have been afflicted, yet we give nothing.
Alas for my soul! O beloved, how cold you are!
أَنتَyou فيin القَولِspeech عازِفٌturning away مِنfrom هَوىthe longing of النَفthe soul (first part)
أَنتَ في القَولِ عازِفٌ مِن هَوى النَف
سِ(completes ‘soul’) إِلَيناtoward us فيin الطَرفِthe gaze حينَwhen نَراكاwe see you
سِ إِلَينا في الطَرفِ حينَ نَراكا
In speech you turn away from your soul’s longing
For us, revealed in your gaze whenever we see you.
وَإِذاand whenever ماemphatic particle ذُكِرتُI am mentioned راعَكَstartles you ذِكريmention of me
وَإِذا ما ذُكِرتُ راعَكَ ذِكري
وَكَثيرٌand often يَروعُناstartles us ذِكراكاthe thought of you
وَكَثيرٌ يَروعُنا ذِكراكا
And whenever I am mentioned, the mention of me startles you,
And often the thought of you startles us.
وَإِذاand whenever ماemphatic particle سَمِعتَyou hear إِسماًa name كَإِسميlike my name
وَإِذا ما سَمِعتَ إِسماً كَإِسمي
لِيَfor me بِالدَمعِwith tears إِخضَلَتgrew wet عَيناكاyour two eyes
لِيَ بِالدَمعِ إِخضَلَت عَيناكا
And whenever you hear a name like mine,
Your eyes grow wet with tears for me.
وَإِذاand whenever ماemphatic particle وَشىslandered إِلَيكَto you بِناabout us الواthe slanderers (first part)
وَإِذا ما وَشى إِلَيكَ بِنا الوا
شونَ(completes ‘slanderers’) صَدَّقتَyou believed ظالِماًunjustly مَنwhoever أَتاكاcame to you
شونَ صَدَّقتَ ظالِماً مَن أَتاكا
And whenever the slanderers speak ill of us to you,
You unjustly believe whoever comes to you.
شَلَّmay be paralyzed مِنهُof his اللِسانُthe tongue إِنif كُنتُI am أَهوىI love
شَلَّ مِنهُ اللِسانُ إِن كُنتُ أَهوى
مِنamong بَنيthe children of آدَمَAdam الغَداةَthis morning سِواكاother than you
مِن بَني آدَمَ الغَداةَ سِواكا
May his tongue be paralyzed if I love
Anyone among Adam’s children this morning but you.
Sol 6.1