لَمْhas not يَعُدْنيvisited me in illness مُحمَّدٌMuhammad مُذْsince تَشَكِّيْتُI complained of illness
لَمْ يَعُدْني مُحمَّدٌ مُذْ تَشَكِّيْتُ
وَكمand how often جِئْتُهُI came to him وَحَاشَاهُand may he be spared عَائدْa visitor to the sick
وَكم جِئْتُهُ وَحَاشَاهُ عَائدْ
Muhammad has not visited me since I complained of illness.
Since I complained, Muhammad does not console me,
And how often I have come to visit him when sick—may he be spared!
Though often I came to him with my plaint.
وَهْوَand he لاnot يَنكُرُdenies knowing السِّراجَal-Siraj; the lamp وَكَمْand how often ضَbrought together (beginning of ضمّهما)
وَهْوَ لا يَنكُرُ السِّراجَ وَكَمْ ضَ
مَّهُماthe two of them (completion of ضمّهما) فيin المَسَاءِthe evening وَقْتٌa time; an hour وَاحِدْone; single
مَّهُما في المَسَاءِ وَقْتٌ وَاحِدْ
And he does not deny knowing al-Siraj; how often has
He does not deny the lamp, though much it grieved him.
a single evening hour brought the two of them together!
We had an appointment at evening the same time.