يضيقis constricted بماby what يلقاهit endures it قلبيmy heart منof البينseparation
يضيق بما يلقاه قلبي من البين
فيدفعهso it sends it forth دمعاًas tears سخياًabundant إلىto عينيmy eye
فيدفعه دمعاً سخياً إلى عيني
My heart is oppressed by the separation it endures,
My heart is constricted by the separation it endures,
and my tears drive it, burning, toward my eyes.
so it sends it forth as abundant tears into my eye.
لعلperhaps بكاءweeping العينthe eye منيfrom me ساعةfor an hour
لعل بكاء العين مني ساعة
يخففwill ease ماwhat فيin القلبthe heart منof المpain البينseparation
يخفف ما في القلب من الم البين
Perhaps an hour of weeping from my eyes
Perhaps my eye's weeping for an hour
may ease the pain of separation within my heart.
will ease the pain of separation in the heart.
وعنديand I have وانand though اسرفتI went to excess منfrom قبلbefore فيin البكىweeping
وعندي وان اسرفت من قبل في البكى
بقاياremnants دموعtears سوفshall اقضىI repay بهاwith them دينيmy debt
بقايا دموع سوف اقضى بها ديني
Yet, though before now I have been prodigal in weeping,
And though I have wept to excess before, I still have
I have tears left, with which I shall discharge my debt.
tears left with which I shall repay my debt.
وانand indeed حياتيmy life فيin الهوىlove وهيand it is كلall ماthat which
وان حياتي في الهوى وهي كل ما
ملكتI have possessed منof الدنياthe world طريقa path الىto حينيmy death
ملكت من الدنيا طريق الى حيني
And my life in love—which is all that
And my life in love, which is all that
I have possessed of the world—is a road to my appointed end.
I have possessed in this world, is a path to my death.
لقدindeed علمتshe has learned ليلىLayla بانthat صبابتيmy ardent love
لقد علمت ليلى بان صبابتي
كماjust as يبتغىis desired الايمانfaith ليسis not بذيpossessed of مينfalsehood
كما يبتغى الايمان ليس بذي مين
Layla knows full well that my ardent passion,
Layla has indeed learned that my ardent love,
as faith ought to be, harbors no falsehood.
like faith as it should be, is free of falsehood.
وقدand indeed فتشتshe searched قبليbefore me القلوبthe hearts فاجفلتso she recoiled
وقد فتشت قبلي القلوب فاجفلت
لماat what راعهاit alarmed her فيماin what هنالكthere منof رينtarnish
لما راعها فيما هنالك من رين
Other hearts have searched my heart, only to recoil
She had searched hearts before mine and recoiled
at the stain within it that struck them with dread.
at the tarnish there that alarmed her.
وددتI wished لوif only انيthat I اسطعتI could انto اخفيI conceal الهوىlove
وددت لو اني اسطعت ان اخفي الهوى
ولكنماand yet اخفاؤهconcealing it ليسis not بالهينat all easy
ولكنما اخفاؤه ليس بالهين
I wished that I were able to hide my love,
I wished I could conceal my love,
but hiding it is no easy thing.
but concealing it is not easy.