يَذاO you الَّذيwho فيin الحُبِّlove يَلحىreproaches أَماindeed
يَذا الَّذي في الحُبِّ يَلحى أَما
وَاللَهِBy God لَوif كُلِّفتَyou were burdened مِنهُof it لِماfor what
وَاللَهِ لَو كُلِّفتَ مِنهُ لِما
O you who reproach me for love—indeed,
By God, had you borne as much of it
كُلِّفتُI was burdened مِنwith حُبِّlove of رَخيمٍa soft-voiced one لَماthen not
كُلِّفتُ مِن حُبِّ رَخيمٍ لَما
لُمتَyou blamed عَلىfor الحُبِّlove فَذَرنيso leave me وَماand what
لُمتَ عَلى الحُبِّ فَذَرني وَما
As I have borne in loving a soft-voiced one, you would not
Have blamed me for love; so leave me and what
أَلقىI suffer فَإِنّيfor indeed I لَستُI am not أَدريI know بِماwith what
أَلقى فَإِنّي لَستُ أَدري بِما
بُليتُI was afflicted إِلّاexcept أَنَّنيthat I بَينَماwhile
بُليتُ إِلّا أَنَّني بَينَما
I suffer, for I do not know with what
I have been afflicted, save that, while
أَناI بِبابِat the gate of القَصرِthe palace فيduring بَعضِsome of ماthe times when
أَنا بِبابِ القَصرِ في بَعضِ ما
أَطوفُI wander فيin قَصرِهِمtheir palace إِذwhen رَمىhe shot
أَطوفُ في قَصرِهِم إِذ رَمى
I was at the palace gate, on one of the occasions
I roamed through their palace, there came a shot
قَلبيmy heart غَزالٌa gazelle بِسِهامٍwith arrows فَماand not
قَلبي غَزالٌ بِسِهامٍ فَما
أَخطىhe missed بِهاwith them قَلبيmy heart وَلَكِنَّماand yet
أَخطى بِها قَلبي وَلَكِنَّما
At my heart from a gazelle, with arrows; and he did not
Miss my heart with them; and yet
سَهماهُhis two arrows عَينانِtwo eyes لَهُbelonging to him كُلَّماwhenever
سَهماهُ عَينانِ لَهُ كُلَّما
أَرادَhe wished قَتليkilling me بِهِماwith them both سَلَّماthey both greeted
أَرادَ قَتلي بِهِما سَلَّما
His two arrows were his two eyes; whenever
He wished to kill me with them, they greeted me.