يَأَيُّهاO الرَشَأُthe young gazelle الَّذيwhose
يَأَيُّها الرَشَأُ الَّذي
رَقَّتgrew tender حَواشيthe edges of قُربِهِhis nearness
رَقَّت حَواشي قُربِهِ
O young gazelle, whose
O gentle plant whose tender edges quiver,
nearness has grown tender at its edges,
He whom you spurned, though once he was your lover,
إِنَّindeed الَّذيthe one whom أَعرَضَتyou turned away عَنfrom
إِنَّ الَّذي أَعرَضَت عَن
هُhim وَأَنتَand you حَبَّةُthe kernel of قَلبِهِhis heart
هُ وَأَنتَ حَبَّةُ قَلبِهِ
indeed, the one you have turned away from,
Grief for your loss has brought him to death's door -
though you are the kernel of his heart,
Revive him now with your sweet face once more.
قَدindeed كادَnearly يورِدُهُleads him to حِياpools (first part of split word)
قَد كادَ يورِدُهُ حِيا
ضَcompletion of 'pools' المَوتِdeath حادِثُthe onset of كَربِهِhis anguish
ضَ المَوتِ حادِثُ كَربِهِ
has nearly been led to the pools
of death by the onset of his anguish.
فَبِحُسنِso, by the beauty of وَجهِكَyour face فُكِّهَrelease him
فَبِحُسنِ وَجهِكَ فُكِّهَ
مِنfrom لَوعَةٍburning anguish وَلِعَتclung بِهِto him
مِن لَوعَةٍ وَلِعَت بِهِ
So, by the beauty of your face, release him
from a burning anguish that has clung to him.
Partial English translation: 4 of 8 Arabic lines translated.