بَذلتُI offered لهto him نَفسيmyself وماand not كنتُI was كالَّذيlike one who
بَذلتُ له نَفسي وما كنتُ كالَّذي
يَعضُّbites علىover التَّفريطِneglect فيهof him يدَيهِhis two hands
يَعضُّ على التَّفريطِ فيه يدَيهِ
I offered him myself, and was not like one
I gave myself to him though I was not like one
who bites both his hands in regret for neglecting him.
Who bites his hands in remorse for having let go,
وحبلُand a cord وصالٍof union بَينناbetween us بِتُّI spent the night آخِذاًholding
وحبلُ وصالٍ بَيننا بِتُّ آخِذاً
علىin رَغمdefiance of حُسَّاديmy enviers بهby it طَرفَيهِits two ends
على رَغم حُسَّادي به طَرفَيهِ
And I spent the night holding a cord of union between us,
And the cord of love between us I went on grasping
despite my enviers, by both its ends.
Despite my enviers, with both its ends.