أغرَّكDid it deceive you? صبريmy patience وفرطand the excess of وداديmy affection
أغرَّك صبري وفرط ودادي
فعرَّضتنيso you subjected me للأسىto sorrow والسهادand sleeplessness
فعرَّضتني للأسى والسهاد
Did my patience and the excess of my affection deceive you,
Your patience misled me, and my excessive love,
so that you subjected me to sorrow and sleeplessness?
Exposing me to sorrow and sleeplessness.
وقدand indeed نفدhas run out اليومtoday صبريmy patience وإنيand indeed I
وقد نفد اليوم صبري وإني
بقيتI am left منof الصبرpatience منwith غيرno زادprovisions
بقيت من الصبر من غير زاد
And today my patience has run out, and I
Today my patience is exhausted, and I have
am left with no store of patience.
No patience left whatsoever.
وأسكرنيand intoxicated me فيin الهوىlove ملءthe fullness of عينيmy eye
وأسكرني في الهوى ملء عيني
فكيفso how أقومcan I stand بملءwith the fullness of فؤاديmy heart
فكيف أقوم بملء فؤادي
And in love, what fills my eye has intoxicated me;
My eyes intoxicated me with love,
so how can I stand with my heart full?
So how can my heart be sober?
وباحand spoke openly لسانthe tongue of الأسىsorrow بغراميof my passion
وباح لسان الأسى بغرامي
وشاعتand spread أحاديثهtales of it فيthroughout البلادthe land
وشاعت أحاديثه في البلاد
And sorrow's tongue has revealed my passion,
The tongue of sorrow proclaimed my passion,
and tales of it have spread throughout the land.
And its tales spread in the lands.
وماand not بمراديby my will رضيتI accepted افتضاحيmy public disgrace
وما بمرادي رضيت افتضاحي
ولكنand yet رضيتI accepted بغيرcontrary to مراديmy will
ولكن رضيت بغير مرادي
And I did not willingly accept my public disgrace,
I did not accept having my love exposed,
but I accepted it against my will.
But accepted what I did not want.
إلامhow long? تطيلyou prolong جفاكyour coldness وأشقىwhile I suffer
إلام تطيل جفاك وأشقى
بعينunder the eye of الرقيبthe watcher وعذلand the reproach of الأعاديthe enemies
بعين الرقيب وعذل الأعادي
How long will you prolong your coldness, while I suffer
Why do you prolong your estrangement, and cause misery
under the watcher's eye and the enemies' reproaches?
In the eyes of the watcher and the blamer?
فلوso if زارvisited طيفكyour phantom بابthe gate of الجفونthe eyelids
فلو زار طيفك باب الجفون
لصادفit would encounter فيهtherein رقيبthe sentinel of السهادsleeplessness
لصادف فيه رقيب السهاد
So if your phantom visited the gate of my eyelids,
If your ghost visited my eyelids,
it would encounter there the sentinel of sleeplessness.
It would meet there the watcher of sleeplessness.