عَبدَʿAbda (name, addressed) ياO قُرَّةَdelight of عَينيmy eye
عَبدَ يا قُرَّةَ عَيني
أَنصِفيbe fair (addressing a woman) روحيmy soul فِداكِyour ransom
أَنصِفي روحي فِداكِ
ʿAbda, O delight of my eye,
My beloved, light of my eyes
Be fair—my soul be your ransom—
Do justice to my soul, I sacrifice it for you
عاشِقاًa lover لَيسَthere is not لَهُfor him ذِكرthought; remembrance
عاشِقاً لَيسَ لَهُ ذِكر
رٌword-ending fragment; no independent meaning وَلاand no هَمٌّconcern سِواكِother than you
رٌ وَلا هَمٌّ سِواكِ
to a lover who has no thought
A lover who has no mention
nor concern save you.
Except you, neither care nor worry but you