قليلٌقليلٌ: a trifle لكَلكَ: to you أنأن: that أبلىأبلى: I waste away
قليلٌ لكَ أن أبلى
وأنوأن: and that تستكثرَتستكثرَ: you deem too much الوصلاالوصلا: union
وأن تستكثرَ الوصلا
It is a trifle to you that I waste away,
It is little for you that I have withered
while you deem union too much.
And that you think constant company too much
ولمولم: and did not أعصِأعصِ: I disobey الهوىالهوى: love فيكَفيكَ: for you
ولم أعصِ الهوى فيكَ
كماكما: just as لملم: did not أطعِأطعِ: I obey العذلاالعذلا: reproach
كما لم أطعِ العذلا
And I have not disobeyed love for you,
And I have not disobeyed love for you
just as I have not heeded reproach.
As I have not obeyed estrangement
أياأيا: O منمن: you who يعرِفيعرِف: know الجورَالجورَ: injustice
أيا من يعرِف الجورَ
ومنومن: and you who يستكثرُيستكثرُ: deem too much العَدلاالعَدلا: justice
ومن يستكثرُ العَدلا
O you who know injustice,
O you who knows tyranny
and who deem justice too much:
And who thinks justice too much
أدامَأدامَ: may perpetuate اللَهُاللَهُ: God حُبيكَحُبيكَ: my love for you
أدامَ اللَهُ حُبيكَ
وإنوإن: and even if أصبحَأصبحَ: becomes ليلي: for me شُغلاشُغلا: a preoccupation
وإن أصبحَ لي شُغلا
may God make my love for you endure,
May God make my love for you last
even if it becomes a preoccupation for me.
Even if it becomes a preoccupation for me