أَلِفَhas grown familiar with السُّقْمُillness جِسْمَهُhis body وَالحَنِينُand longing
أَلِفَ السُّقْمُ جِسْمَهُ وَالحَنِينُ
وَبَرَاهُand wasted him away الهَوىpassion فَلَيْسَso he is not يَبِينُdiscernible
وَبَرَاهُ الهَوى فَلَيْسَ يَبِينُ
Illness and longing have grown familiar with his body.
And passion has wasted him away, so he is no longer visible.
قَدْindeed سَمِعناwe have heard أَنِينَهُhis moaning مِنْfrom قَرِيبٍnearby
قَدْ سَمِعنا أَنِينَهُ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ
فَاطْلُبواso seek الجِسْمَthe body حَيْثُwhere كَانَwas الأَنِينُthe moaning
فَاطْلُبوا الجِسْمَ حَيْثُ كَانَ الأَنِينُ
We have heard his moaning close by;
So seek the body where the moaning was.
لَمْdid not يَعِشْlive on أَنَّهُbecause he is جَلِيدٌhardy وَلَكِنْbut
لَمْ يَعِشْ أَنَّهُ جَلِيدٌ وَلَكِنْ
طَلَبَتْهُsought him فَلَمْbut did not تَجِدْهُfind him المَنُونُDeath
طَلَبَتْهُ فَلَمْ تَجِدْهُ المَنُونُ
He has survived not because he is hardy, but because
Death sought him but could not find him.
لاnot تَراهُsee him العُيُونُthe eyes إِلاexcept ظُنُوناًby conjecture
لا تَراهُ العُيُونُ إِلا ظُنُوناً
وَهْوَand he أَخْفىmore hidden مِنْthan أَنْto تَراهُsee him العُيُونُthe eyes
وَهْوَ أَخْفى مِنْ أَنْ تَراهُ العُيُونُ
Eyes see him only by conjecture,
And he is too hidden for eyes to see him.
فَهْوَso he حَيٌّalive لَمْhas not يَحْوِهِencompassed him طَرْفُthe gaze of حَيٍّa living person
فَهْوَ حَيٌّ لَمْ يَحْوِهِ طَرْفُ حَيٍّ
وَهْوَand he مَيْتٌdead فيin جِسْمِهِhis body مَدْفُونُburied
وَهْوَ مَيْتٌ في جِسْمِهِ مَدْفُونُ
So he is alive, yet no living person's gaze has encompassed him;
And he is dead, buried within his own body.