لعلمكfor your information لمnot (past negation) أُعاقبI punish غيرَother than نفسيmyself
لعلمك لم أُعاقب غيرَ نفسي
مخافةَfor fear أنthat تموتَit would die لديكin your presence ذُلّاin humiliation!
مخافةَ أن تموتَ لديك ذُلّا!
For your information, I punished no one but myself,
Perhaps you knew I punished none but myself,
For fear my soul would die humiliated in your presence!
Fearing you might die humiliated with me!
وحينand when هَجَرتُI left لمnot (past negation) أكُI was مُستعداًprepared
وحين هَجَرتُ لم أكُ مُستعداً
لهذاfor this الموتِdeath، لكنْbut كانَit was حلّاa solution..
لهذا الموتِ، لكنْ كانَ حلّا..
And when I left, I was not prepared
And when I deserted, I was not ready
For this death—but it was a way out...
For this death, but it seemed the solution...