قَضِيَّتيmy predicament فيin الهَوىlove وَاللَهُby God مُشكِلَةٌdifficult
قَضِيَّتي في الهَوى وَاللَهُ مُشكِلَةٌ
ضاقَتgrew straitened وَفيand in حِلِّهاresolving it ضاعَتِwere lost الحِيَلُthe stratagems
ضاقَت وَفي حِلِّها ضاعَتِ الحِيَلُ
My predicament in love is, by God, a difficult one.
My case in love is difficult and confusing
It has grown dire, and all means of resolving it have failed.
It has become narrow, and ways of solving it are lost
ياO أَهلَpeople of وُدّيmy affection ياO خِلانَfriends ياثِقَتيO my trusted ones
يا أَهلَ وُدّي يا خِلانَ ياثِقَتي
ماwhat القَولُthe statement ماwhat الرَأيُthe opinion ماwhat التَدبيرُthe plan ماwhat العَمَلُthe action
ما القَولُ ما الرَأيُ ما التَدبيرُ ما العَمَلُ
O those I hold dear, O friends, O my trusted ones,
O my intimate friends, O my companions in whom I trust
What is to be said? What is your view? What is the plan? What is to be done?
What to say, what to think, what to plan, what to do