يَاO سَائِليyou who ask me عمّاabout what بِيَهْails me
يَا سَائِلي عمّا بِيَهْ
سرُّthe secret المُحِبِّof the lover عَلانِيَهout in the open
سرُّ المُحِبِّ عَلانِيَه
O you who ask what ails me,
O you who ask what ails me,
the lover’s secret is out in the open.
The secret of the lover is obvious.
أُنظُرlook إلىat جَسَديmy body لِتُخْso that … may tell… (word fragment)
أُنظُر إلى جَسَدي لِتُخْ
برَكَ…you (completes ‘tell you’) العظامُthe bones العَارِيَهbare
برَكَ العظامُ العَارِيَه
Look at my body, so that
Look at my body to know,
the bare bones may tell you
The bare bones testify.
عَنof مُهجَةٍa heart بالهجرِthrough abandonment قَدhas (perfective marker)
عَن مُهجَةٍ بالهجرِ قَد
تَلِفَتْperished وعَينٍand an eye جَارِيَهstreaming with tears
تَلِفَتْ وعَينٍ جَارِيَه
of a heart that, through abandonment, has
Of a heart broken by separation,
perished, and an eye streaming with tears,
And eyes overflowing.
وصَبَابَةٍand ardent longing لاnot أَستَطيI can… (word fragment)
وصَبَابَةٍ لا أَستَطي
عُcompletion of ‘I can’ أَبُثُّهاI reveal it هيَit مَاwhat هِيَهit is
عُ أَبُثُّها هيَ مَا هِيَه
and an ardent longing I cannot
Of youth I can no longer,
reveal—it is what it is.
Pour forth as it was.
ولِمَنْand to whom أَلومُI assign blame وإِنَّماand it is only
ولِمَنْ أَلومُ وإِنَّما
عَينيmy eye عليَّagainst me الجَانِيَهthe wrongdoer
عَيني عليَّ الجَانِيَه
And whom should I blame, when
Whom can I blame, when
my own eye alone has wronged me?
My eyes have wronged me.
Sol 6.1