أشكوI complain of عليلailing فؤادa heart أنتyou متلفهdestroying it
أشكو عليل فؤاد أنت متلفه
شكوىthe complaint of عليلa sick person إلىto إلفٍa beloved يعتللهputs him off with excuses
شكوى عليل إلى إلفٍ يعتلله
I complain of an ailing heart that you are destroying,
I complain of a heart, sick, you have ruined,
As a sick man complains to a beloved who puts him off with excuses.
Complaint of one in sickness to a healer who makes him more sick.
سقميmy sickness تزيدincreases معwith الأيامthe days كثرتهits extent
سقمي تزيد مع الأيام كثرته
وأنتand you فيin عظمthe enormity of ماwhat ألقىI suffer تقللهyou belittle it
وأنت في عظم ما ألقى تقلله
My sickness grows ever greater with the days,
My malady grows, day by day, worse,
Yet despite the enormity of what I suffer, you belittle it.
While you, however much I suffer, think it small.
اللَهGod حرمhas forbidden قتليslaying me فيin الهوىlove سفهاًsenselessly
اللَه حرم قتلي في الهوى سفهاً
وأنتand you ياO قاتليmy slayer ظلماًunjustly تحللهyou declare it lawful
وأنت يا قاتلي ظلماً تحلله
God has forbidden my senseless slaying in love,
God forbids killing me, reckless with passion,
Yet you, O my unjust slayer, declare it lawful.
Yet you, my murderer, wrongfully make it lawful.