ياO راقداًsleeper عنِّيheedless of me فيin حُبِّهِlove for him
يا راقداً عنِّي في حُبِّهِ
كبِدقapparently ‘liver’; spelling unclear مُقرَّحةٌulcerated وجَفنٌand an eyelid ساهرُsleepless
كبِدق مُقرَّحةٌ وجَفنٌ ساهرُ
O you who sleep, heedless of me—in love of him I bear
O sleeper, heedless of me, in love for him,
a wounded liver and a sleepless eye.
a liver [reading uncertain] is ulcerated, and an eyelid is sleepless.
أُهجرI am forsaken; apparently intended: forsake me وَصُدَّand turn away فَمَاfor not جَفاكَyour coldness بضائريharmful to me
أُهجر وَصُدَّ فَمَا جَفاكَ بضائري
مَنwho ليfor me سَميُّكَyour namesake الظَّلامِthe darkness مُسَامِرُa nighttime companion
مَن لي سَميُّكَ الظَّلامِ مُسَامِرُ
Forsake me and turn away—your coldness cannot harm me;
Forsake me [reading uncertain] and turn away; your coldness does not harm me.
whom have I? Darkness—your namesake—is my companion through the night.
Who is there for me? Your namesake keeps me company in the darkness.
