دعاleave (you two) مقلتيmy eye تبكيweeping دماًblood ودعانيand leave me (you two)
دعا مقلتي تبكي دماً ودعاني
فأمريfor my plight وشأنيand my condition غيرother than ماwhat تريانيyou two see in me
فأمري وشأني غير ما ترياني
Leave my eye to weep blood, and leave me;
My tears called to weep blood, and called me,
for my plight and condition are not what you two see in me.
Yet my affair and state are other than what you see of me.
دعاleave (you two) الجسمthe body منيof mine يستقلcope alone بسقمهwith its sickness
دعا الجسم مني يستقل بسقمه
وقلبيand my heart بالنيرانamid fires والخفقانand throbbing
وقلبي بالنيران والخفقان
Leave this body of mine to bear its sickness alone,
My body called to take on its own illness,
and my heart amid fires and throbbing.
While my heart burns with pounding.
دعانيleave me (you two) وقلبيand my heart بالغرامwith passion أذيبهI melt it
دعاني وقلبي بالغرام أذيبه
وأقرعand I strike منيof mine ناجزيunclear word in the supplied text بسنانيwith my spearhead
وأقرع مني ناجزي بسناني
Leave me to melt my heart with passion,
It called me, and my heart melts with love,
and strike my own [unclear noun] with my spearhead.
While my gums are worn down by my teeth.
فماfor not كلevery منone who يبكيweeps منfrom الشوقlonging مدنفwasted with sickness
فما كل من يبكي من الشوق مدنف
ولاnor كلevery منone who يشكيcomplains of الصبابةardent love عانيa captive
ولا كل من يشكي الصبابة عاني
For not everyone who weeps from longing is wasted with sickness,
Not all who cry from longing are lovesick,
nor is everyone who complains of love's ardor a captive.
Nor all who complain are suffering from love.
فؤاديmy heart والبلبالand anguish ملتقيانmeet each other
فؤادي والبلبال ملتقيان
وجفنيand my eyelid والاغفاءand slumber مفترقانare parted
وجفني والاغفاء مفترقان
My heart and anguish meet,
My heart and the nightingale have met,
and my eyelid and slumber are parted.
While my eyelids and drowsiness are separated.
قضىdecreed اللَهGod ليfor me ماas long as عشتI live بالحبwith love والهوىand passion
قضى اللَه لي ما عشت بالحب والهوى
فأضحىso became الهوىpassion والروحand the soul مؤتلفانunited
فأضحى الهوى والروح مؤتلفان
God has decreed love and passion for me as long as I live,
God has ordained that I live with love and passion,
so passion and the soul have become united.
So love and the soul have become harmonized.
فهلthen do لكماyou two have ياO صاحبيmy two companions بدفعfor averting ماwhat
فهل لكما يا صاحبي بدفع ما
قضاهHe decreed it فأمضاهand made it binding الالهGod يدانtwo hands (the power)
قضاه فأمضاه الاله يدان
Have you two, O my companions, for averting what
So do you two, my friends, have any way
God has decreed and made binding, two hands?
To counter what He has ordained and carried out?
Sol 6.1