لامَreproached فيكِon your account كُلُّevery خَليman untouched by love
لامَ فيكِ كُلُّ خَلي
منwith هواكِlove for you كلَّevery مَليman filled with love
من هواكِ كلَّ مَلي
On your account, every man untouched by love reproached
Every perfection in you captivates me
every man filled with love for you.
I am wholly enamored with you
ثُمَّthen اذwhen رآكِhe saw you غداhe became
ثُمَّ اذ رآكِ غدا
عاذِلاًa reproacher ذويthose given to العذَلِreproach
عاذِلاً ذوي العذَلِ
Then, when he saw you, he became
Then when he saw you in the morning
a reproacher of the reproachful.
He reproached the censurers
هامَfell madly in love فيكِwith you عَنout of شغَفٍpassion
هامَ فيكِ عَن شغَفٍ
شَفَّهُwasted him away وعنand out of شُغُلِpreoccupation
شَفَّهُ وعن شُغُلِ
He fell madly in love with you, out of passion
He was impassioned for you, from desire
that wasted him away, and out of preoccupation.
His lips related, and from yearning
ماwhat تَرينَyou think فيof رجلٍa man
ما تَرينَ في رجلٍ
فيكِfor you عاشhe lived بالاملِon hope
فيكِ عاش بالاملِ
What do you think of a man
You see not in a man
who lived for you on hope?
Who lived in hope of you
لَوif يخيبُfails مأملهُhis hope
لَو يخيبُ مأملهُ
منكِfrom you عاشhe lived بالحيَلِby stratagems
منكِ عاش بالحيَلِ
Should his hope be disappointed
If his hopes in you are dashed
by you, he would live by stratagems.
He lived by guile
خانهُbetrayed him القَريضُpoetry فماso it did not
خانهُ القَريضُ فما
طاعَobey فيin سوىanything but الغَزَلِlove verse
طاعَ في سوى الغَزَلِ
Poetry betrayed him, so it would not
Poetry failed me, so I
obey him in anything but love verse.
Obeyed naught but infatuation
انماonly القريضُpoetry منيwishes (probable intended reading)
انما القريضُ مني
قدalready حلَلنَthey settled فيin جُمَلِphrases
قد حلَلنَ في جُمَلِ
Poetry is but wishes
Indeed, my poetry about you
that have settled into phrases.
Has been composed in phrases