كيفَhow احتياليmy recourse وأنتَwhile you لاnot تصلُjoin me
كيفَ احتيالي وأنتَ لا تصلُ
عزَّhas become difficult اصطباريmy patient endurance وضاقتِand have narrowed الحيلُthe stratagems
عزَّ اصطباري وضاقتِ الحيلُ
What recourse have I, when you will not join me?
How can I trick you when you do not connect
Patience is hard to muster, and my stratagems are spent.
My patience is honored and strategies are exhausted
سلبتَyou robbed عينيmy eye بالشوقِthrough longing رقدتَهاits sleep
سلبتَ عيني بالشوقِ رقدتَها
فجفنُهاso its eyelid بالدموعِwith tears متصِلُis joined
فجفنُها بالدموعِ متصِلُ
You have robbed my eye of its sleep through longing;
You have robbed my eyes of their sleep
so its eyelid is ever wet with tears.
So their lids are incessantly tearful
واحسَنَO fair الوجهِof face إنif تكنyou are مثلاًa paragon
واحسَنَ الوجهِ إن تكن مثلاً
فإنَّthen indeed بيthrough me فيكَconcerning you يُضرَبُis cited المَثلُthe example
فإنَّ بي فيكَ يُضرَبُ المَثلُ
O fair of face, if you are a paragon,
And the beauty of my face, if it is exemplary
then I am a byword for my love of you.
In me for you examples are given
إنif كانَis جِسميmy body هواكَlove for you ينحلهwastes it
إن كانَ جِسمي هواكَ ينحله
فإنَّthen indeed قلبيmy heart عليكَon you يتَّكِلُrelies
فإنَّ قلبي عليكَ يتَّكِلُ
If love for you wastes my body,
If my body is melting from passion over you
yet my heart relies on you.
Then my heart relies on you