إِعتادَhas revisited قَلبَكَyour heart مِنfrom حَبيبكyour beloved عيدُهُhis recurring visitation
إِعتادَ قَلبَكَ مِن حَبيبك عيدُهُ
شَوقٌlonging عَراكَhas seized you فَأَنتَso you عَنهُfrom it تَذودُهُdrive it away
شَوقٌ عَراكَ فَأَنتَ عَنهُ تَذودُهُ
Your beloved's recurring visitation has returned to your heart:
a longing that has seized you, which you drive from your heart.
وَالشَوقُand longing قَدindeed غَلَبَhas overcome الفُؤادَthe heart فَقادَهُand so led it
وَالشَوقُ قَد غَلَبَ الفُؤادَ فَقادَهُ
وَالشَوقُand longing يَغلِبُovercomes ذاone possessed of الهَوىpassion فَيَقودُهُand so leads him
وَالشَوقُ يَغلِبُ ذا الهَوى فَيَقودُهُ
And longing has overcome the heart and led it,
and longing overcomes the lover and leads him.
فيin دارِthe house of مَرّارٍMarrār غَزالُa gazelle كَنيسَةٍa church
في دارِ مَرّارٍ غَزالُ كَنيسَةٍ
عَطِرٌperfumed عَلَيهِupon him خُزوزُهُhis silk-and-wool robes وَبُرودُهُand his striped cloaks
عَطِرٌ عَلَيهِ خُزوزُهُ وَبُرودُهُ
In Marrār's house is a gazelle of the church,
perfumed, with his silk-and-wool robes and striped cloaks upon him.
ريمٌa white gazelle أَغَرُّbright-browed كَأَنَّهُas though he were مِنfrom حُسنِهِhis beauty
ريمٌ أَغَرُّ كَأَنَّهُ مِن حُسنِهِ
صَنَمٌan idol يَحُجُّmakes pilgrimage بِبَيعَةٍin a church مَعبودُهُhis god
صَنَمٌ يَحُجُّ بِبَيعَةٍ مَعبودُهُ
A white gazelle, bright-browed, who in his beauty seems
an idol whose god makes pilgrimage in a church.
عَيناهُhis two eyes عَيناthe two eyes of جُؤذُرٍa wild-ox calf بِصَريمَةٍin a thicket
عَيناهُ عَينا جُؤذُرٍ بِصَريمَةٍ
وَلَهُand he has مِنَfrom الظَبيِthe gazelle المُرَبَّبِhand-reared جيدُهُhis neck
وَلَهُ مِنَ الظَبيِ المُرَبَّبِ جيدُهُ
His eyes are those of a wild-ox calf in a thicket,
and his neck is that of a hand-reared gazelle.
ماwhat ضَرَّharm would it do عَثمَةَʿAthma أَنthat تُلِمَّshe call بِعاشِقٍupon a lover
ما ضَرَّ عَثمَةَ أَن تُلِمَّ بِعاشِقٍ
دَنِفِailing الفُوادِthe heart مُتَيَّمٍenslaved by love فَتَعودُهُand visit him in illness
دَنِفِ الفُوادِ مُتَيَّمٍ فَتَعودُهُ
What harm would it do ʿAthma to call upon a lover,
heartsick and enslaved by love, and tend him,
وَتَلُدُّهُand dose him orally مِنfrom ريقِهاher saliva فَلَرُبَّماfor indeed, often
وَتَلُدُّهُ مِن ريقِها فَلَرُبَّما
نَفَعَhas benefited السَقيمَthe sick man مِنَfrom السِقامِsickness لَدودُهُhis oral medicine
نَفَعَ السَقيمَ مِنَ السِقامِ لَدودُهُ
and dose him with her saliva? For often
a sick man's medicine has relieved him of illness.