تركleft الظاعنونthose departing قلبيmy heart بلاwithout قلبٍa heart
ترك الظاعنون قلبي بلا قلبٍ
وعينيand my eye عيناًa spring منof الهملانflowing tears
وعيني عيناً من الهملان
The departing ones left my heart without a heart,
The wanderers left my heart heartless
and my eye a spring of flowing tears.
And my eyes as eyes filled with tears
وإذاand if لمnot تَفِضْpour forth دماًblood سحائبُclouds أجفانيmy eyelids
وإذا لم تَفِضْ دماً سحائبُ أجفاني
علىin إِثرهمْtheir wake فماthen how أَجفانيhard-hearted I am
على إِثرهمْ فما أَجفاني
And if the clouds of my eyelids do not pour forth blood
And if my eyelids do not shed blood
in their wake, then how hard-hearted I am!
In their aftermath, then they are not my eyelids
ووراءand behind الخدورthe veils أحسنُthe fairest خلقِcreatures
ووراء الخدور أحسنُ خلقِ
اللهGod خلقاًin form عارٍbereft منof الإحسانkindness
الله خلقاً عارٍ من الإحسان
And behind the veils is the fairest of the creatures
And behind the cheeks is the best of God's creations
of God in form, yet bereft of kindness.
That God created bare of kindness
حلَّsettled فيin ناظريmy eye فإنso if فتشوهthey searched it
حلَّ في ناظري فإن فتشوه
كانwould be ذاكthat الإنسانُthe human being فيin إِنسانيthe pupil of my eye
كان ذاك الإنسانُ في إِنساني
He has settled in my eye; so if they searched it,
Settled in my eyes, so if they search it
that human being would be in the pupil of my eye.
That human was in my humanity