سَعِدتfound bliss جفونكَyour eyelids بالكرىin slumber
سَعِدت جفونكَ بالكرى
ورقدتand you slept أنعَمَmost blissful منthose who رَقَدslept
ورقدت أنعَمَ من رَقَد
Blessed may your eyelids be with slumber,
Your eyelids found bliss in slumber,
and may the eyes of all who sleep repose;
And you slept, the most blissful of those who slept.
وأناand I المسهدthe sleepless one فيin هوىlove
وأنا المسهد في هوى
باقٍenduring علىthroughout طولِthe length of الأمَدtime
باقٍ على طولِ الأمَد
while I, kept sleepless by love,
And I am sleepless in a love
remain so till the end of time.
That endures through the long passage of time.
لاmay ... not نالَafflict جسمكَyour body ماwhat برانيhas worn me away
لا نالَ جسمكَ ما براني
منof سقامٍillness أوor كَمدgrief
من سقامٍ أو كَمد
May your body never suffer what has wasted me away:
May your body never suffer what has worn me away:
sickness or consuming grief.
Illness or grief.
وإليكand to you منكَagainst you المشتكىthe complaint
وإليك منكَ المشتكى
منabout ذاكthat ليسnot إلىto أحدanyone
من ذاك ليس إلى أحد
To you alone I bring my complaint against you—
And to you I bring my complaint against you,
about that, I turn to no one else.
About that—not to anyone else.
