كفلتI undertook حملbearing the burden غراميmy passion
كفلت حمل غرامي
لهfor him بفرطwith the extremity of نحوليmy emaciation
له بفرط نحولي
I undertook to bear my passion's burden
My love has burdened me,
for him, in my extreme emaciation.
With his excess yearning for me,
فهلso, have ...? سمعتمyou (plural) heard بمضنىof one wasted by illness
فهل سمعتم بمضنى
فيin السقمillness غيريother than me كفيلa guarantor
في السقم غيري كفيل
So have you heard of one wasted
Have you heard of anyone,
by illness, other than me, standing surety?
In sickness, more obligated than I