ماwhat بينَbetween جَوركَyour cruelty بَينناbetween us سَرَفٌexcess
ما بينَ جَوركَ بَيننا سَرَفٌ
يأتيcomes عَلىupon الحَركاتِmovements والحِسِّand sensation
يأتي عَلى الحَركاتِ والحِسِّ
What lies between your cruelty and us is an excess
Overdoing between us is
that lays waste to movement and sensation.
Coming on movements and senses
أنساهُمُI forget them وقتاًfor a time فتذكرُنيthen you remind me
أنساهُمُ وقتاً فتذكرُني
وإذاand when انتَهَيتُI reach إليهمُto them تُنِسيyou cause forgetting
وإذا انتَهَيتُ إليهمُ تُنِسي
I forget them for a time, then you remind me;
They forgot me for a while, so you remember me
and when I reach them, you make me forget.
And when I come to them, you make me forget
ولذاكَand therefore تَطمعُhopes كلُّevery عائِدةٍwoman visiting the sick
ولذاكَ تَطمعُ كلُّ عائِدةٍ
منِّيfrom me إذاwhen أصبَحتُI reach morning أنthat أُمسيI reach evening
منِّي إذا أصبَحتُ أن أُمسي
And so every woman visiting the sick hopes
And therefore every returning woman hopes
that, when I reach morning, I may live to see evening.
From me, that when I become morning, I will evening