مَكنونُMaknun سَيِّدَتيmy lady جوديbe generous لِمَحزونِto a sorrowful man
مَكنونُ سَيِّدَتي جودي لِمَحزونِ
مُتَيَّمٍlove-stricken بِأَليفِto a beloved companion الحُبِّlove مَقرونِbound
مُتَيَّمٍ بِأَليفِ الحُبِّ مَقرونِ
Maknun, my lady, be generous to a sorrowful man,
My lady's hidden generosity to the sorrowful,
O Maknun, my lady, be generous to a sorrowful man,
Love-stricken, bound to a companion in love.
Bound with the cord of loving intimacy.
Enslaved by love, and to its intimate companion bound.
قالَتshe said جُنِنتَyou have gone mad عَلىin رَأيِيmy opinion فَقُلتُso I said لَهاto her
قالَت جُنِنتَ عَلى رَأيِي فَقُلتُ لَها
الحُبُّlove أَعظَمُgreater مِمّاthan what بِالمَجانينِin the mad
الحُبُّ أَعظَمُ مِمّا بِالمَجانينِ
She said, “You have gone mad, in my opinion.” So I said to her:
She said, “You are insane in my opinion.” I said to her,
She said, "In my view, you have gone mad," so I replied to her,
“Love is more severe than what afflicts the mad.
“Love is greater than what is in the insane.”
"Love is far greater than the affliction of the insane;"
الحُبُّlove لَيسَdoes not يَفيقُregain his senses الدَهرَever صاحِبُهُits sufferer
الحُبُّ لَيسَ يَفيقُ الدَهرَ صاحِبُهُ
وَإِنَّماand only يَصرَعُstrikes down المَجنونَthe madman فيat الحَينِintervals
وَإِنَّما يَصرَعُ المَجنونَ في الحَينِ
Love’s sufferer never regains his senses,
Love does not awaken its companion for eternity,
"For the companion of love never recovers throughout all time,"
Whereas the madman is struck down only now and then.”
Rather it immediately strikes down the insane one.
"While the madman is struck down only now and then."