بِندَّاتِwith bursts دَمعِtears العينِthe eye مزدحمhemmed in الصَّبرِpatience
بِندَّاتِ دَمعِ العينِ مزدحم الصَّبرِ
فَخدُكَso your cheek ماnot ينفكُّceases to be منfrom عَبرةٍa tear تَجرِيflowing
فَخدُكَ ما ينفكُّ من عَبرةٍ تَجرِي
Patience is hemmed in by the eye's bursts of tears;
So your cheek is never free of a flowing tear.
وألَّفَand united بينbetween الجسمthe body والسقمِand sickness كامِنٌsomething lurking
وألَّفَ بين الجسم والسقمِ كامِنٌ
منof الشوقِlonging عاقَbarred الصبرَpatience عنfrom ساحةِthe expanse of الصدرِthe breast
من الشوقِ عاقَ الصبرَ عن ساحةِ الصدرِ
And a hidden force bound the body to sickness—
A force of longing that barred patience from the breast's expanse.
أإنis it because بانdeparted منthe one whom تهوىyou love ركنتَyou leaned إلىon الأسىsorrow
أإن بان من تهوى ركنتَ إلى الأسى
ونادىand called out منادِيthe herald of الشوقِlonging قبلكbefore you بالذكرِwith remembrance
ونادى منادِي الشوقِ قبلك بالذكرِ
Is it because the one you love departed that you leaned on sorrow,
And longing's herald called out before you in remembrance?
فماso not قرَّrested مذsince فارقتهI parted from him فيin مكانهِits place
فما قرَّ مذ فارقته في مكانهِ
ولاnor كانَwas إلاexcept طارئاًa passing visitor ضلstrayed عنfrom فكريmy thoughts
ولا كانَ إلا طارئاً ضل عن فكري
So it has not rested in its place since I parted from him,
Nor was it anything but a passing visitor that strayed from my thoughts.
أحادثُI converse with نفساًa soul ترتقيrises كلevery ساعةٍhour
أحادثُ نفساً ترتقي كل ساعةٍ
فأحبسُهاso I confine it بينbetween الترائبِthe upper chest bones والنحرِand the throat
فأحبسُها بين الترائبِ والنحرِ
I converse with a soul that rises every hour,
So I confine it between the breastbones and the throat.
ويبلغنيهاand brings it to me غصتيmy choking grief وكأنهاand as though it were
ويبلغنيها غصتي وكأنها
ملذعةٌscorched بينbetween الجوانحِthe ribs بالجمرِby embers
ملذعةٌ بين الجوانحِ بالجمرِ
And my choking grief brings it to me, as though it were
Scorched by embers between the ribs.