يَشْكُوhe complains إِلَيْكَto you مُتيَّمٌone enslaved by love
يَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ مُتيَّمٌ
صَبٌّa passionate lover جَفاهُforsook him هُجُوعُهُhis slumber
صَبٌّ جَفاهُ هُجُوعُهُ
A lovesick man complains to you—
A love-stricken man complains to you,
an ardent lover whom sleep has forsaken.
a passionate lover whose slumber has forsaken him.
يَعْصِيhe disobeys العَذُولَthe reproacher علىout of هَوىًa passion
يَعْصِي العَذُولَ على هَوىً
بِكَfor you لاnot يَزالُhe ceases يُطيعُهُhe obeys it
بِكَ لا يَزالُ يُطيعُهُ
He defies the reprover for a passion
He defies the reproacher out of a passion
for you, which he never ceases to obey.
for you, which he never ceases to obey.
يَكْفِيكَsuffices you مِنْof أَلمِthe pain of الجَوَىlove's anguish
يَكْفِيكَ مِنْ أَلمِ الجَوَى
مَاwhat ضُمِّنَتْهُwere made to contain it ضُلُوعُهُhis ribs
مَا ضُمِّنَتْهُ ضُلُوعُهُ
Enough for you of love’s inward torment is
Enough for you of love's anguish
what his ribs have been made to hold.
is what his ribs have been made to hold.
إِنْif لَمْhave not تَرِقّyou take pity لَهُon him فَقَدْthen surely
إِنْ لَمْ تَرِقّ لَهُ فَقَدْ
رَقَّتْtook pity عَلَيْهِon him دُمُوعُهُhis tears
رَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِ دُمُوعُهُ
If you do not pity him, then indeed
If you have not taken pity on him, then surely
his tears have pitied him.
his tears have taken pity on him.
