صارَمتِهِyou broke with him فَتَواصَلَتso followed one another أَحزانُهُhis sorrows
صارَمتِهِ فَتَواصَلَت أَحزانُهُ
وَهَجَرتِهِand you forsook him فَتَهاجَرَتso shunned one another أَجفانُهُhis eyelids
وَهَجَرتِهِ فَتَهاجَرَت أَجفانُهُ
You broke with him, so his sorrows followed one another.
His harshness connected his sorrows
And you forsook him, so his eyelids shunned one another.
And his abandonment made his eyelids abandon me
قَالَتshe said تُعَرِّضُinsinuating مَسُّa touch شَيطانٍof a devil بِهِupon him
قَالَت تُعَرِّضُ مَسُّ شَيطانٍ بِهِ
بَلrather أَنتِyou حينَwhen مَلَكتِهِyou took possession of him شَيطانُهُhis devil
بَل أَنتِ حينَ مَلَكتِهِ شَيطانُهُ
She said, insinuating, “A devil has touched him.”
She said, you blame it on the touch of a devil in him
Rather, you were his devil when you took possession of him.
Rather, you were his devil when you possessed him
قَدindeed ضَلَّstrayed عَنهُaway from him فُؤادُهُhis heart فَاِستَخبِريso ask
قَد ضَلَّ عَنهُ فُؤادُهُ فَاِستَخبِري
عَينَيكِyour two eyes أَينَwhere مَحَلُّهُits dwelling وَمَكانُهُand its place
عَينَيكِ أَينَ مَحَلُّهُ وَمَكانُهُ
His heart has strayed away from him, so ask
His heart has strayed from him, so ask
Your eyes where its dwelling and resting place are.
Your eyes, where is its place and abode?