ياO ذاyou الَّذيwhose تَسخَرُmock عَيناهُhis two eyes
يا ذا الَّذي تَسخَرُ عَيناهُ
بيin me مِنكَfrom you ماwhat يَعلَمُهُknows it اللَهُGod
بي مِنكَ ما يَعلَمُهُ اللَهُ
O you whose eyes mock,
O you who mock me with your eyes
God knows what I suffer from you.
I know of you what only God knows
إِذاwhen بَداhe appears يَخطِرُhe struts فيin مَجلِسٍa gathering
إِذا بَدا يَخطِرُ في مَجلِسٍ
فَكَمthen how many مُحِبٍّa lover فيهِin it يَهواهُadores him
فَكَم مُحِبٍّ فيهِ يَهواهُ
When he appears, strutting in a gathering,
When you appear in a gathering
How many a lover there adores him!
How many lovers there desire you
يَستَرزِقُhe asks for sustenance الرَحمَنَthe All-Merciful مِنfrom فَضلِهِHis bounty
يَستَرزِقُ الرَحمَنَ مِن فَضلِهِ
وَماand did not دَرىknow مَولاهُhis master مَعناهُwhat he meant
وَما دَرى مَولاهُ مَعناهُ
He asks the All-Merciful for sustenance from His bounty,
They seek sustenance from the Most Merciful
And his master did not know what he meant.
Though their Master knows not their meaning