صُبَّpoured out مُضْنَاكَyour lovesick one، صبْpoured out
صُبَّ مُضْنَاكَ، صبْ
دمعَهhis tears كالقربْlike waterskins
دمعَه كالقربْ
Your lovesick one poured out—poured out
Pour out your sorrows, pour
his tears as from waterskins.
your tears like an offering
حالُهhis condition فيin المآthe tragedies (first part)
حالُه في المآ
سيtragedies (completion) والعَناand hardship والتَّعَبْand weariness
سي والعَنا والتَّعَبْ
His condition is one of trage-
His state in life is weariness, grief, and toil
dies, hardship, and weariness.
His days and nights are spent weeping since he fell in love
يومُهُhis day واللّياand the nights (first part)
يومُهُ واللّيا
ليnights (completion) فيin البُكاweeping مُذْsince أَحَبّْhe fell in love
لي في البُكا مُذْ أَحَبّْ
His day and the ni-
Do not blame him, do not be surprised, do not reproach
ghts are spent weeping since he fell in love.
He has tasted the wine of love and wailed
لاdo not تَلُومِيهِblame him لاdo not
لا تَلُومِيهِ لا
تَستغربيbe surprised لاno عَتَبreproach
تَستغربي لا عَتَب
Do not blame him; do not
Oh, the sighs of "Oh!"
be surprised; no reproach.
In his anguish there is flame
ذاقَhe tasted ماwhat ذاقَhe tasted مِنof
ذاقَ ما ذاقَ مِن
خمرِwine الهَوىlove وانتحبْand he sobbed
خمرِ الهَوى وانتحبْ
He tasted what he tasted of
His strings and music have fallen silent
the wine of love, and sobbed.
The joy has departed
آهِah! مِنat قولِthe utterance of آهِah!
آهِ مِن قولِ آهِ
فيin الحَناياthe breast's recesses لَهَبa flame
في الحَنايا لَهَب
Ah, at the utterance of 'Ah!'
Within the breast's recesses, a flame.
عافَhe forsook أوتارَهُhis strings والـand the
عافَ أوتارَهُ والـ
ـعَزْفَplaying عافَhe forsook الطَّرَبْmusical rapture
ـعَزْفَ عافَ الطَّرَبْ
He forsook his strings and the
playing; he forsook musical rapture.
Partial English translation: 10 of 14 Arabic lines translated.