طرفٌan eye بفيضِto a flood of الدموعِtears موصولُbound
طرفٌ بفيضِ الدموعِ موصولُ
عنfrom الكَرىslumber بالسهادِby sleeplessness مشغولُpreoccupied
عن الكَرى بالسهادِ مشغولُ
An eye bound to a flood of tears,
A lover whose tears flow ceaselessly
Kept from slumber by sleeplessness.
Thoughts elsewhere, distracted by grief
يَبكيit weeps عَلىfor مَنone who فؤادهُhis heart دنِفٌailing
يَبكي عَلى مَن فؤادهُ دنِفٌ
للحظةٍto a glance أسقمتهُmade him ill مبذولُgiven over
للحظةٍ أسقمتهُ مبذولُ
It weeps for one whose heart is ailing,
Weeping for one whose tender heart is sick
Given over to a glance that made him ill.
Given up for a moment's pleasure
خلاis bereft منof الصبرِpatience فهوso he is مكتئبٌdejected
خلا من الصبرِ فهو مكتئبٌ
فؤادُهُhis heart بالدفينِby what lies buried مأهولُinhabited
فؤادُهُ بالدفينِ مأهولُ
Bereft of patience, he is dejected;
Without patience, he is depressed
His heart is home to what lies buried.
His heart burdened with sorrow
ياO واحدَpeerless one الحسنِbeauty إنif يكنshould be سقميmy illness
يا واحدَ الحسنِ إن يكن سقمي
هواكَlove of you أهداهُbestowed it ليon me فمقبولُthen it is welcome
هواكَ أهداهُ لي فمقبولُ
O peerless one in beauty, if my illness
O you of singular beauty, though I am sick
Was bestowed on me by love of you, then it is welcome.
It is love of you that has made me thus - and so I accept