أتعذلَنيdo you reproach me? وأنتَwhile you فتىًa youth مَلومُreproached
أتعذلَني وأنتَ فتىً مَلومُ
سقيمُlanguid الجَفنِof the eyelid يَعذلُهُreproaches him سَقيمُan ailing one
سقيمُ الجَفنِ يَعذلُهُ سَقيمُ
Do you reproach me, when you yourself are a young man worthy of reproach?
Do you reproach me, though you are a youth under reproach,
Languid-eyed, a lovesick man reproaches me.
Languid of eyelid, reproached by one who is ailing?
أياO دَمعِيmy tears هلُّمَcome إلىto فؤادٍa heart
أيا دَمعِي هلُّمَ إلى فؤادٍ
بهِwithin it داءٌan illness يُخامرُهُpervades it قَديمُlong-standing
بهِ داءٌ يُخامرُهُ قَديمُ
O my tears, come into my heart:
O my tears, come to a heart
within it lies an old malady that pervades it.
In which an old sickness has taken hold.
وَياand O مَنyou who صارَhas begun يعذلنيreproaching me ملاماًwith blame
وَيا مَن صارَ يعذلني ملاماً
أخوone afflicted with دَنَفٍlovesickness بصاحبهِabout his companion عَليمُwell-informed
أخو دَنَفٍ بصاحبهِ عَليمُ
And O you who have taken to reproaching me with blame—
And O you who have taken to reproaching me with blame,
a fellow-sufferer knows his companion well.
One afflicted with lovesickness knows his companion well.
شَفاناmay He heal us اللَهGod منof كَمَدٍgrief وَوجدٍand longing
شَفانا اللَه من كَمَدٍ وَوجدٍ
فَداءُfor the sickness قلوبِناof our hearts أبداًforever مُقيمُabiding
فَداءُ قلوبِنا أبداً مُقيمُ
May God heal us of consuming grief and passionate longing;
May God heal us of grief and longing,
the one for whom our hearts are a ransom abides forever.
For the sickness of our hearts abides forever.
