ليI have حَبيبٌa beloved عَصَيتُI disobeyed فيهِfor his sake النَصيحاthe adviser
لي حَبيبٌ عَصَيتُ فيهِ النَصيحا
لَيسَhe is not سَمحاًgenerous وَلاnor بَخيلاًmiserly شَحيحاstingy
لَيسَ سَمحاً وَلا بَخيلاً شَحيحا
I have a beloved for whose sake I defied the adviser.
I have a beloved whom I disobeyed seeking advice
He is neither generous nor a stingy miser.
He is neither easygoing nor miserly
كُلَّماwhenever قُلتُI said قَدalready رَثىhe felt pity لِسَقاميfor my sickness
كُلَّما قُلتُ قَد رَثى لِسَقامي
زادَhe increased قَلبيmy heart بِهَجرِهِby his estrangement تَبريحاtorment
زادَ قَلبي بِهَجرِهِ تَبريحا
Whenever I said, “He has pitied my sickness,”
Whenever I say he has lamented my illness
He increased my heart’s torment by forsaking me.
His estrangement makes my heart more desolate
إِنَّindeed فيin الصَدرِthe breast وَالحَشاand the entrails حُرُقاتٍburning pains
إِنَّ في الصَدرِ وَالحَشا حُرُقاتٍ
بِتَّyou spent the night مِنهاfrom them ياO صاحِبيmy companion مُستَريحاat ease
بِتَّ مِنها يا صاحِبي مُستَريحا
Indeed, there are burning pains in my breast and entrails;
In my chest and mind there are burns
You spent the night untroubled by them, my companion.
From which, my friend, I have become tired
فَأَثِبنيso recompense me مِنَfor القَطيعَةِestrangement بِالوَصwith reun- (continued)
فَأَثِبني مِنَ القَطيعَةِ بِالوَص
لِ-ion (completes “reunion”) وَإِلّاand if not فَاِردُدthen return فُؤاديmy heart صَحيحاwhole
لِ وَإِلّا فَاِردُد فُؤادي صَحيحا
So recompense me for estrangement with reun-
So join me back from this separation with intimacy
ion—or else return my heart whole.
Or else return my heart intact