بِنَفْسيwith my life as ransom حَبيبٌa beloved بانَdeparted صَبْريmy patience لِبَيْنِهِbecause of his parting
بِنَفْسي حَبيبٌ بانَ صَبْري لِبَيْنِهِ
وأَوْدَعَنيand lodged within me الأَحْزانَsorrows ساعَةَat the moment ودَّعاhe bade farewell
وأَوْدَعَني الأَحْزانَ ساعَةَ ودَّعا
My life for a beloved—my patience fled at his parting.
And he lodged sorrows within me the moment he bade farewell.
وأَنْحَلَنيand wasted me away بِالهَجْرِthrough estrangement حَتّىto the point that لَوْif أَنَّنيthat I
وأَنْحَلَني بِالهَجْرِ حَتّى لَوْ أَنَّني
قَذىًa mote بَيْنَbetween جَفْنَيْthe two eyelids of أَرْمَدٍa sore-eyed man ماnot تَوَجَّعاhe would feel pain
قَذىً بَيْنَ جَفْنَيْ أَرْمَدٍ ما تَوَجَّعا
And he wasted me away through estrangement, so that, were I
A mote between a sore-eyed man's eyelids, he would feel no pain.
Translation model: Sol 6.1