ظالِمٌcruel ليto me وَلَيْتةand would that he الدْthe (opening fragment of “time”)
ظالِمٌ لي وَلَيْتة الدْ
دَهْرَtime (completing “for all time”) يَبْقىhe lives on ويَظْلِمُand acts unjustly
دَهْرَ يَبْقى ويَظْلِمُ
Cruel to me—would that he, for all
He is unjust to me, but his companionship is paradise
time, might live on and be cruel!
Time goes on as he wrongs me
وَصْلُهُunion with him جَنَّةٌparadise ولَbut (opening fragment)
وَصْلُهُ جَنَّةٌ ولَ
كِنَّbut (completing the preceding fragment) جَفَاهhis estrangement جَهَنَّمُhell
كِنَّ جَفَاه جَهَنَّمُ
Union with him is paradise, but
His acceptance is heaven, but his displeasure is hell
his estrangement is hell.
With him, life is a wedding feast, without him, a funeral
ورِضاهُand his favor وسُخطُهُand his displeasure الدْthe (opening fragment of “time”)
ورِضاهُ وسُخطُهُ الدْ
دَهْرَtime (completing “for all time”) عُرْسٌa wedding ومَأْتَمُand a funeral
دَهْرَ عُرْسٌ ومَأْتَمُ
And his favor and his displeasure, through all
time, are a wedding and a funeral.
Partial English translation: 4 of 6 Arabic lines translated.