ياO أَمْيَسَmost gracefully swaying الأَغصانthe boughs منamong أَوراقهِits leaves
يا أَمْيَسَ الأَغصان من أَوراقهِ
بُرْدُa mantle الحريرsilk مُحَبَّرٌpatterned واللاَّذُand fine silk
بُرْدُ الحرير مُحَبَّرٌ واللاَّذُ
O most gracefully swaying of boughs, among whose leaves are
a patterned silken mantle and fine silk!
مَهْلاًgently علىwith دَنِفٍa lovesick man تُقَدُّare sliced off بصارمwith a keen sword
مَهْلاً على دَنِفٍ تُقَدُّ بصارم
اللَّحَظَاتthe glances منهfrom him لقلبهِof his heart أَفْلاذfragments
اللَّحَظَات منه لقلبهِ أَفْلاذ
Be gentle with a lovesick man: sliced away by the sword
of glances are fragments of his heart.
أَفنىexhausted مدامِعَهhis tear ducts عليكَfor you تأسفاًin sorrow
أَفنى مدامِعَه عليكَ تأسفاً
مذsince بِنْتَyou departed دَمْعٌtears وابلٌtorrential ورَذَاذُand fine drizzle
مذ بِنْتَ دَمْعٌ وابلٌ ورَذَاذُ
His tear ducts have been drained in sorrow for you,
since you left, by tears in torrents and fine drizzle.
وأَلانَand softened حُبُّكَlove for you منهwithin him قلباًa heart قاسياًhard
وأَلانَ حُبُّكَ منه قلباً قاسياً
كالنارِlike fire لانَgrew soft لحرِّهاfrom its heat الفولاذُsteel
كالنارِ لانَ لحرِّها الفولاذُ
And love for you has softened his hard heart,
as steel softens in the heat of fire.
Translation model: Sol 6.1