عَيْنَيَّmy two eyes كَيْفَhow غَررْتُماyou two deceived قَلْبيmy heart
عَيْنَيَّ كَيْفَ غَررْتُما قَلْبي
وَأَبحْتُماهُand you two exposed it to لَوْعَةَthe anguish of الحُبِّlove
وَأَبحْتُماهُ لَوْعَةَ الحُبِّ
O my eyes, how you have deceived my heart
And laid it open to the anguish of love!
يَاO نَظْرَةًa glance أَذْكَتْkindled علىupon كبِديmy liver
يَا نَظْرَةً أَذْكَتْ على كبِدي
ناراًa fire قَضَيْتُI met بِحَرِّهَاthrough its heat نَحْبيmy end
ناراً قَضَيْتُ بِحَرِّهَا نَحْبي
O glance that kindled upon my liver
A fire in whose heat I met my end!
خَلُّواleave (you all) جَوَىthe burning grief of قَلبيmy heart أُكابِدُهُI endure it
خَلُّوا جَوَى قَلبي أُكابِدُهُ
حَسْبيenough for me مُكابَدَةُenduring الجَوىburning grief حَسْبيenough for me
حَسْبي مُكابَدَةُ الجَوى حَسْبي
Leave my heart's burning grief for me to endure;
Enough for me is enduring this anguish—enough for me!
عَينيmy eye جَنَتْhas inflicted مِنْthrough شُؤْمِthe ill fortune of نَظْرَتِهَاits glance
عَيني جَنَتْ مِنْ شُؤْمِ نَظْرَتِهَا
ماwhat لاno دَوَاءَcure لَهُfor it علىupon قلبيmy heart
ما لا دَوَاءَ لَهُ على قلبي
My eye, through its baleful glance, has inflicted
Upon my heart what has no cure.
جَانِيكَyour wrongdoer مَنْwhoever يَجْنيdoes harm عَلَيْكَto you وَقَدْand sometimes
جَانِيكَ مَنْ يَجْني عَلَيْكَ وَقَدْ
تُعْدِيinfect الصِّحاحَthe healthy camels مَبارِكُthe kneeling places of الجُرْبِthe mangy camels
تُعْدِي الصِّحاحَ مَبارِكُ الجُرْبِ
Your wrongdoer is whoever wrongs you; and sometimes
The kneeling places of mangy camels infect the healthy.