أماwas it not أنتِyou (feminine) هيَّجتِyou stirred up بِلبالَهُhis anguish
أما أنتِ هيَّجتِ بِلبالَهُ
فَماso what لَكِwith you قائِلَةًsaying مالَهُwhat ails him?
فَما لَكِ قائِلَةً مالَهُ
Was it not you who stirred his anguish?
Then why do you say, 'What ails him?'
عَساكِperhaps you تَخوَّفتِyou feared مِنof أَهلِهhis family
عَساكِ تَخوَّفتِ مِن أَهلِه
فأظهَرتِso you displayed جَهلاًignorance بِماof what نالَهُbefell him
فأظهَرتِ جَهلاً بِما نالَهُ
Perhaps you feared his family,
so you feigned ignorance of what befell him.
فكيفَthen how اعتِذارُكِyour excuse إنif ساءَلوthey question
فكيفَ اعتِذارُكِ إن ساءَلو
هُhim وقالَand he speaks وأصغَواand they listen لِماto what قالَهُhe says it
هُ وقالَ وأصغَوا لِما قالَهُ
Then how will you excuse yourself if they question
him, and he speaks, and they listen to what he says?
وفيand among الناسِpeople مُستَصغرٌone who belittles ماwhat بِهis with him
وفي الناسِ مُستَصغرٌ ما بِه
ولَوyet if قَدindeed تبيَّنَهُhe discerned it هالَهُit appalled him
ولَو قَد تبيَّنَهُ هالَهُ
And among people is one who makes light of his plight,
yet, had he understood it, it would have appalled him.
ودَمعٌand tears تَضمَّنentailed كشفَrevealing الهَوىlove
ودَمعٌ تَضمَّن كشفَ الهَوى
إذاwhen أناI سارَعتُI hastened إِرسالَهُreleasing them
إذا أنا سارَعتُ إِرسالَهُ
And tears that meant laying love bare,
when I hastened to let them flow,
فخَفّفَso they eased عنِّيfor me وحتَّىand until مَتىwhen
فخَفّفَ عنِّي وحتَّى مَتى
يُحمِّلنيmakes me bear السرُّthe secret أثقالَهُits burdens
يُحمِّلني السرُّ أثقالَهُ
then eased my burden—and how long
will the secret make me bear its burdens?
سِوىexcept أنَّهthat they زادَنيthey brought me more عاجِلاًat once
سِوى أنَّه زادَني عاجِلاً
ومَنand whoever باحَdivulged كثرَbecame numerous عُذالَهُhis reproachers
ومَن باحَ كثرَ عُذالَهُ
Yet they at once added to my burden;
and whoever divulges his secret has many reproachers.