لاَDo not تُهِجْstir up بِالذِّكْرِthrough remembrance مِنْfrom جَلَدِيmy fortitude
لاَ تُهِجْ بِالذِّكْرِ مِنْ جَلَدِي
نَارَa fire شَوقٍof longing شَقَّwas arduous مُحْتَمَلُهْbearing it
نَارَ شَوقٍ شَقَّ مُحْتَمَلُهْ
Do not, through remembrance, rouse from my fortitude
A fire of longing whose burden is hard to bear.
وّيَقُولُand say النَّاسُthe people فِيin مَثَلٍa proverb
وّيَقُولُ النَّاسُ فِي مَثَلٍ
لاَDo not تُحَرِّكْstir مَنْone who دَنَاhas drawn near أَجَلُهْhis appointed end
لاَ تُحَرِّكْ مَنْ دَنَا أَجَلُهْ
And people say in a proverb:
“Do not stir one whose death is near.”