وعزيزٍand a dear one بينamid النعيمluxury; bliss وبينand amid الthe (attached to the next line)
وعزيزٍ بين النعيم وبين ال
مُلكِkingship; royal power فارقتهُI parted from him علىupon رغمdespite أنفيmy nose (in the idiom 'against my will')
مُلكِ فارقتهُ على رغم أنفي
And a dear one, amid luxury and
Between bliss and power, my love I left
royal power—I parted from him against my will.
Though against my will, we were bereft
لمnot (past negation) يكنwas يعلمُknow الزمانُTime بحبيهِof my love for him فيعso it might… (verb continues)
لم يكن يعلمُ الزمانُ بحبيهِ فيع
دو…assail (completes the preceding verb) عليَّagainst me فيهِconcerning him بصرفِwith a reversal of fortune
دو عليَّ فيهِ بصرفِ
Time knew nothing of my love for him, and so could not
Time knew not of my passion so intense
assail me through him with a reversal of fortune.
To turn upon me and drive us hence
صنتُI guarded; kept hidden عنfrom أكثريmost of myself هواهlove for him فماso not يدbeginning of 'knows'
صنتُ عن أكثري هواه فما يد
ريcompletion of 'knows' الذيwhat بيis within me إلاexcept فؤاديmy heart وطرفيand my eye
ري الذي بي إلا فؤادي وطرفي
I hid my love for him from most of myself; none
I hid my love from most, but what can I do
knows what is within me except my heart and my eye.
None knows my secret but my heart and eye
أترىdo you think ناظريmy eye يضرُّharms بقلبيmy heart
أترى ناظري يضرُّ بقلبي
ماwhat احتياليmy recourse إنif كانis منِّيَfrom me حتفيmy death
ما احتيالي إن كان منِّيَ حتفي
Do you think my eye harms my heart?
Do you think my glances hurt my heart?
What recourse have I, if my death comes from myself?
Not guile, though by them I was struck and fell apart