إذاwhen الصّبّthe lovesick lover أشفىneared the brink منfrom جواهhis burning anguish علىon شفاa brink
إذا الصّبّ أشفى من جواه على شفا
أتىcame اليأسdespair مماof what يرتجيhe hopes for بشفائهِwith his healing
أتى اليأس مما يرتجي بشفائهِ
When the lovesick lover draws near the brink from his burning anguish,
When morning's light no longer heals his pain,
Despair of what he hopes for brings him healing.
And hope for cure is now but hoped in vain,
وقدand indeed زادنيmade me more يأسيmy despair سقاماًsickness فكيفso how بالشwith the sh… (incomplete word)
وقد زادني يأسي سقاماً فكيف بالش
شقاءmisery لصبّfor a lovesick lover داؤهhis illness فيin دوائهِhis remedy
شقاء لصبّ داؤه في دوائهِ
And my despair has increased my sickness—so what of the sh... [incomplete word]?
My growing misery adds to his disease,
Misery for a lovesick lover whose illness lies in his remedy.
What of an aching heart that finds no ease?
Sol 6.1