ياO دَهرُTime مالَكَwhat is wrong with you لاnot يَصُدdeters (continued next line)
يا دَهرُ مالَكَ لا يَصُد
دُكَyou (completing “deters you”) عنfrom إساءَتِيَwronging me العِتابُreproach
دُكَ عن إساءَتِيَ العِتابُ
O Time, why are you not deterred
Oh Fate, why do you not refrain
from wronging me by reproach?
From blaming me unjustly?
أَمْرَضْتَyou have made ill مَنthe one whom أَهوَىI love ويَأْand refuses (continued next line)
أَمْرَضْتَ مَن أَهوَى ويَأْ
بَىcompletion of “refuses” أَنthat أُمَرِّضَهI nurse him الحجابُthe veil
بَى أَن أُمَرِّضَه الحجابُ
You have made the one I love ill, and
You make sick those I love though it grieves me
the veil refuses to let me nurse him.
That separation makes them sick.
لوif كُنْتَyou were تُنصِفُyou act justly كانتwould be الthe
لو كُنْتَ تُنصِفُ كانت ال
أَمراضُillnesses بيin me ولَهُand his الثّوابُthe reward
أَمراضُ بي ولَهُ الثّوابُ
If you were just, the
If you were just, I would bear the sickness
illnesses would be mine, and the reward his.
And they would reap the reward.
Sol 6.1