خَفيfear اللَهَGod فيمَنconcerning the one قَدalready تَبَلتِyou made lovesick فُؤادَهُhis heart
خَفي اللَهَ فيمَن قَد تَبَلتِ فُؤادَهُ
وَتَيَّمتِهِand you enslaved him with love حَتّىuntil كَأَنَّas though بِهِupon him سِحراa spell
وَتَيَّمتِهِ حَتّى كَأَنَّ بِهِ سِحرا
Fear God in how you treat the one whose heart you have ravaged,
God has hidden in the one whose heart has withered
And whom you have enslaved with love, till he seems under a spell.
And whose body has wasted away as if bewitched
دَعيgive up البُخلَstinginess لاnot أَسمَعlet me hear بِهِof it مِنكِfrom you إِنَّماonly
دَعي البُخلَ لا أَسمَع بِهِ مِنكِ إِنَّما
سَأَلتُكِI asked you أَمراًsomething لَيسَdoes not يُعريstrip bare لَكُمfor you (plural) ظَهراa back
سَأَلتُكِ أَمراً لَيسَ يُعري لَكُم ظَهرا
Give up your stinginess; let me hear none of it from you. I have only
Leave miserliness, I do not want to hear it from you
Asked you for something that will not leave your backs bare.
I only asked you for something that does not strip you bare