الحائكُthe weaver الأمردُthe beardless one أجفانُهُhis eyelids
الحائكُ الأمردُ أجفانُهُ
تنصرُaid وجديmy longing وهْيَthough they are مكسورَهْbroken (languid)
تنصرُ وجدي وهْيَ مكسورَهْ
The beardless weaver—his eyelids
aid my longing, though they are broken.
قدْindeed بَعُدَتْhas grown distant شقةُthe distance هجرانِهِof his estrangement
قدْ بَعُدَتْ شقةُ هجرانِهِ
والنفسُand the soul فيin كفَّيْهِhis two hands مأسورهْcaptive
والنفسُ في كفَّيْهِ مأسورهْ
Long has grown the distance of his estrangement,
and the soul is captive in his two hands.