مدنفُgravely ill القلبِthe heart سقيمُailing البدنِthe body
مدنفُ القلبِ سقيمُ البدنِ
لمhave not تذُقtasted عَيناهُhis two eyes طَعمَthe flavor الوَسنِslumber
لم تذُق عَيناهُ طَعمَ الوَسنِ
Gravely ill at heart, ailing in body,
Sick at heart, frail in body
His eyes have not tasted the flavor of slumber.
His eyes have never tasted the sweetness of sleep
أنسَgrew accustomed الأجفانُthe eyelids بالدمعِto tears كماjust as
أنسَ الأجفانُ بالدمعِ كما
أنِستgrew accustomed أحشاؤهُhis entrails بالحزَنِto sorrow
أنِست أحشاؤهُ بالحزَنِ
His eyelids have grown accustomed to tears, just as
His eyelids have become accustomed to tears
his entrails have grown accustomed to sorrow.
Just as his insides have become accustomed to sorrow
أيُّهاO العاذلُreproacher لاdo not تعذلُنيreproach me
أيُّها العاذلُ لا تعذلُني
لُمتَنيyou blamed me فيfor حبِّlove of منone who يَهجرنيforsakes me
لُمتَني في حبِّ من يَهجرني
O reproacher, do not reproach me.
Oh reproacher, do not reproach me
You blamed me for loving one who forsakes me.
Blame me for loving one who abandons me
لاnot أراهُI see him فأرىso I am seen مكتئباًdejected
لا أراهُ فأرى مكتئباً
وَهوand he المَسرورُthe joyful one إنif لمdoes not يَرنيsee me
وَهو المَسرورُ إن لم يَرني
I do not see him, and so I appear dejected,
I do not see him and find him dejected
and he is glad if he does not see me.
Yet he is happy if he does not see me