أكتمُI conceal أخبارَnews الهوىlove عنfrom عواذِليmy reproachers
أكتمُ أخبارَ الهوى عن عواذِلي
وللطرفِand the eye has منِّيof me بالمدامعِthrough tears أنباءnews
وللطرفِ منِّي بالمدامعِ أنباء
I conceal the news of love from my reproachers,
I conceal the secrets of love from my critics
Yet my eye has news of me to tell through tears.
While my eyes shed tears that tell tales
فياso O عجباًwonder منِّيfrom me لإنسانat the pupil (literally, a person) مقلنيmy eye (likely intended: مقلتي)
فيا عجباً منِّي لإنسان مقلني
يحدِّثhe tells أخباريmy news وفيwhile in فمهhis mouth ماءwater
يحدِّث أخباري وفي فمه ماء
How I marvel at the little man—the pupil—of my eye:
How strange that a fickle man like me
He tells my news, though there is water in his mouth.
Speaks of my love though his mouth is full of water