دَنِفٌa lovesick man أصيبَwas struck فؤادُهُhis heart
دَنِفٌ أصيبَ فؤادُهُ
منby مقلتيهِhis two eyes ومنand by بنانِهhis fingertips
من مقلتيهِ ومن بنانِه
A lovesick man whose heart was struck
A heart smitten, by your eyes and your smile
by his two eyes and by his fingertips.
When at a loss for words, my tongue betrays
ماnot إنemphatic particle أحارُI reply بلفظةٍwith a word
ما إن أحارُ بلفظةٍ
إلاexcept that جريتُI flowed علىupon لسانِهhis tongue
إلا جريتُ على لسانِه
I never reply with a word
The beauty of your cheeks, like blossoms new
but I flow upon his tongue.
Returns my heart from sorrow's dark ways
فبحسنِso, by the beauty of وجنتكَyour cheek التيwhich
فبحسنِ وجنتكَ التي
كالوردِlike a rose غضّاًfresh فيin أوانِهits season
كالوردِ غضّاً في أوانِه
So, by the beauty of your cheek, which
Your love once lost, is now found again
is like a rose, fresh in its season,
إلاplease رددتyou restore فؤادَthe heart of منone whom
إلا رددت فؤادَ من
أضناهُhas wasted him حبُّكَlove for you فيin مكانِهits place
أضناهُ حبُّكَ في مكانِه
will you not restore the heart of one
whom love for you has wasted, to its place?
Partial English translation: 5 of 8 Arabic lines translated.