قَالواthey said عَلِمتَyou learned بِحُمّىof the fever الحِبِّthe beloved قلتُI said لَهمto them
قَالوا عَلِمتَ بِحُمّى الحِبِّ قلتُ لَهم
نَعَمyes وَقَدand indeed صِرتُI have become مِنfrom حُمّاهُhis fever مَغموماsorrowful
نَعَم وَقَد صِرتُ مِن حُمّاهُ مَغموما
They said, “Have you learned of the beloved’s fever?” I said to them,
They said, "You are feverish with love," I said to them,
“Yes, and I have become sorrowful from his fever.
"Yes, and I have become distressed by its fever."
تَنفّسيmy breath مِنfrom لَظىthe blaze قَلبيmy heart وَقَدand already بعُدَتhave grown distant
تَنفّسي مِن لَظى قَلبي وَقَد بعُدَت
مِنّاfrom us الدّيارُthe dwellings بِهِbecause of it قَدindeed صارَhas become مَحموماfevered
مِنّا الدّيارُ بِهِ قَد صارَ مَحموما
My breath, from my heart’s blaze—while far away
My heart breathes heavily, for the homelands
from us the dwellings have grown—has become fevered by it.”
In which he dwells have become distant and gloomy.