مَنwho لِوَلهانfor a lovelorn one كَئيبsorrowful
مَن لِوَلهان كَئيب
بَينَamid همٍanxiety وَكُروبand anguish
بَينَ همٍ وَكُروب
Who is there for a sorrowful, lovelorn soul,
amid anxiety and anguish,
يَقطَعspends اللَيلthe night بِحُزنin grief
يَقطَع اللَيل بِحُزن
وَبُكاءand weeping وَنَحيبand lamentation
وَبُكاء وَنَحيب
who spends the night in grief,
in weeping and lamentation?
مَنwho لِقَلبيfor my heart بِأَمانwith safety
مَن لِقَلبي بِأَمان
وَهُدؤand calm كَالقُلوبlike other hearts
وَهُدؤ كَالقُلوب
Who will give my heart safety
and peace, like other hearts?
فَلَقَدfor indeed سَلَكَهُled it الحُthe love (word fragment)
فَلَقَد سَلَكَهُ الحُ
بcompletion of 'love' لِخَوفinto fear وَوَجيبand heart-throbbing
ب لِخَوف وَوَجيب
For love has led it
into fear and a pounding heartbeat.
وَحَبيبand a beloved هُوَhe لاno شَdoubt (word fragment)
وَحَبيب هُوَ لا شَ
كcompletion of 'doubt' مَعليmy afflicter وَطَبيبيand my physician
ك مَعلي وَطَبيبي
And my beloved is, without
doubt, my afflicter and my physician.
مالَswayed بِالإِلبابwith the minds (apparently بالألباب) مِنهُfrom him
مالَ بِالإِلباب مِنهُ
ميَلsway القَدthe stature الرَطيبsupple
ميَل القَد الرَطيب
Minds were swayed by him—
by the sway of his supple form.
كُلevery مَنwho شاهَدsaw مِنهُin him
كُل مَن شاهَد مِنهُ
فِتنَةallure الحُسنthe beauty الغَريبextraordinary
فِتنَة الحُسن الغَريب
Whoever saw in him
the allure of extraordinary beauty
عادَreturned فيat الوَقتthe time بِقَلبwith a heart
عادَ في الوَقت بِقَلب
عاذبdistracted (apparently عازب) اللُبthe intellect طَروبenraptured
عاذب اللُب طَروب
returned at once with a heart
distracted in mind, enraptured.
يَصرفturns away الأَلحاظthe glances عَنيfrom me
يَصرف الأَلحاظ عَني
خَوفfor fear of واشa tale-bearer أَوor رَقيبa watcher
خَوف واش أَو رَقيب
He turns his glances away from me,
fearing a tale-bearer or a watcher.
سَيديmy lord لاdo not تَخشَfear مِنfrom رَقspell (start of رقية)
سَيدي لا تَخشَ مِن رَق
يةcompletion of 'spell' وَاشa tale-bearer مُستَريبsuspicious
ية وَاش مُستَريب
My lord, do not fear the spell
of a suspicious tale-bearer;
فَلَقَدfor indeed غَبتI have vanished عَنbeyond الحِperception (word fragment)
فَلَقَد غَبت عَن الحِ
سcompletion of 'perception' مِنbecause of الشَوقthe yearning المُذيبmelting
س مِن الشَوق المُذيب
for I have passed beyond
perception, through longing that melts me.
دَقَgrew slight شَخصيmy form فيكَfor you إِنnot (negative particle) يُدperceives (word fragment)
دَقَ شَخصي فيكَ إِن يُد
ركهُcompletion of 'perceives it' فكرthought لَبيبdiscerning
ركهُ فكر لَبيب
My form has grown slight for you; no
discerning mind can perceive it.
قَسَماًI swear بِالسَهرby sleeplessness الداthe unending (word fragment)
قَسَماً بِالسَهر الدا
ئمcompletion of 'unending' وَالدَمعand the tears الصَبيبstreaming
ئم وَالدَمع الصَبيب
I swear by unending sleeplessness
and by streaming tears,
وَالَّذيand by Him who خَصَكَsingled you out بِالعَجَwith wonder (word fragment)
وَالَّذي خَصَكَ بِالعَجَ
بcompletion of 'wonder' وِبِالحُسنand with beauty العَجيبwondrous
ب وِبِالحُسن العَجيب
and by Him who endowed you with wonder
and with wondrous beauty:
لَستُI am not فيin حُبكloving you لَوif يَعunderstands (word fragment)
لَستُ في حُبك لَو يَع
قلcompletion of 'understands' واشa tale-bearer بِمُريبat all suspect
قل واش بِمُريب
I am not, in loving you—if
a tale-bearer understood—at all suspect.
لاno وَمَنand by Him who كوَّنformed قَلبيmy heart
لا وَمَن كوَّن قَلبي
مِنfrom حَنينyearning وَلَهيبand flame
مِن حَنين وَلَهيب
No, by Him who formed my heart
from yearning and flame!
وَخَيالand a phantom زارَvisited فيin صُوform (word fragment)
وَخَيال زارَ في صُو
رةcompletion of 'form' تَيّاهhaughty غَضوبwrathful
رة تَيّاه غَضوب
And a phantom visited in the guise
of one haughty and wrathful;
جادَgenerously granted إِذwhen زارَvisited بِوَصلwith union
جادَ إِذ زارَ بِوَصل
مِنهُfrom him بِالصَدwith rebuff مَشوبmingled
مِنهُ بِالصَد مَشوب
when it visited, it granted union
from him, mingled with rebuff.
أَفحَتّىthen, does even...? الطَيفthe phantom لاnot بِرwith gentleness (word fragment)
أَفحَتّى الطَيف لا بِر
فقcompletion of 'gentleness' بِالصَبtoward the lovesick one الكَئيبsorrowful
فق بِالصَب الكَئيب
Does even the phantom, then, show no
kindness to the sorrowful lover?
قنعwas content المُشتاقthe yearning one مِنfrom طَيphantom (word fragment)
قنع المُشتاق مِن طَي
فكcompletion of 'your phantom' بِالوَعدwith the promise الكَذوبdeceitful
فك بِالوَعد الكَذوب
The yearning lover was content with
your phantom's lying promise.
قَلَّwas scant ياO مَولايmy lord مَنof (contextually مِن) وَصunion (word fragment)
قَلَّ يا مَولاي مَن وَص
لكcompletion of 'union with you' حَظيmy share وَنصيبيand my portion
لك حَظي وَنصيبي
Little, my lord, of union with you
has been my share and portion.
صرتI became فقيin (apparently a typo for في) أَسرcaptivity أَعادَenemies (apparently a corrupt fragment of أعادي)
صرت فقي أَسر أَعادَ
بيcompletion of 'my enemies' (text uncertain) كَماas شاءَwished حَبيبيmy beloved
بي كَما شاءَ حَبيبي
I became captive to my enemies,
as my beloved wished.
أَنif (apparently إن) يَكُنshould be دَهريmy fate خَصميmy adversary
أَن يَكُن دَهري خَصمي
فيكَover you فَاللَهُthen God حَسيبيsufficient for me
فيكَ فَاللَهُ حَسيبي
If my fate should be my adversary
over you, God is sufficient for me.