أَنحَلَنيhe made me waste away بِصَدِّهِwith his rejection
أَنحَلَني بِصَدِّهِ
وَهَدَّنيand he shattered me بِبُعدِهِwith his distance
وَهَدَّني بِبُعدِهِ
He has wasted me away by turning from me,
He has made me waste away with his rejection,
and broken me with his distance.
and shattered me with his distance—
خِشفٌa fawn لَهُfor him مِنfrom ثَغرِهِhis mouth
خِشفٌ لَهُ مِن ثَغرِهِ
مِثلُthe like of الَّذيthat which فيin عِقدِهِhis necklace
مِثلُ الَّذي في عِقدِهِ
A fawn—his mouth holds
a fawn whose mouth holds
the like of what lies in his necklace.
the like of what is in his necklace.
يَقُدُّhe cleaves قَلبيmy heart بِالَّذيwith that which
يَقُدُّ قَلبي بِالَّذي
يَهُزُّهُhe sways it مِنof قَدِّهِhis stature
يَهُزُّهُ مِن قَدِّهِ
He cleaves my heart with what
He cleaves my heart with that
he sets swaying in his slender form.
which he sways—his slender form.
كَأَنَّas though دَمعيmy tears مُذsince جَفاhe turned away
كَأَنَّ دَمعي مُذ جَفا
مُعتَصَرٌsqueezed out مِنfrom خَدِّهِhis cheek
مُعتَصَرٌ مِن خَدِّهِ
As though I were my tears, since he turned away—
As though my tears, since he turned away,
wrung from his cheek.
were squeezed from his cheek.
