عاذَsought refuge منfrom قلبٍa heart سليمstricken (literally, bitten)
عاذَ من قلبٍ سليم
بكَin you فيin جسمٍa body سَقيمِailing
بكَ في جسمٍ سَقيمِ
He sought refuge from a stricken heart
in you, in an ailing body—
دَنِفٌa lovesick man مُبلىًafflicted بِداءَيwith two ailments (word begins)
دَنِفٌ مُبلىً بِداءَي
نِ(completes 'two ailments') حديثٍnew وقديمِand old
نِ حديثٍ وقديمِ
a lovesick man, afflicted with two ail-
ments, one new and one old,
بغليلٍwith burning longing أحرقَscorched الأحthe innards (word begins)
بغليلٍ أحرقَ الأح
شاءَ(completes 'innards') منfrom حرِّthe heat of الهمومِcares
شاءَ من حرِّ الهمومِ
with burning longing that scorched the in-
nards with the heat of cares.
بأبيwith my father as ransom منthe one who قالَsaid ليto me تشyou complain (word begins)
بأبي من قالَ لي تش
كو(completes 'you complain') إلىto غيرِone who is not رحيمِmerciful
كو إلى غيرِ رحيمِ
May my father ransom him who told me, “You com-
plain to one without mercy.”