رَسَاsettled firmly الحبُّlove فِيin قَلْبِيmy heart وَلمand did not يُبْقِleave مَغْرَسَاa planting-place
رَسَا الحبُّ فِي قَلْبِي وَلم يُبْقِ مَغْرَسَا
لِغَيْرِfor anything other than هَوًىa passion ألْقَىcast عَلَىupon مُهْجَتِيmy soul الأسَىsorrow
لِغَيْرِ هَوًى ألْقَى عَلَى مُهْجَتِي الأسَى
Love settled firmly in my heart and left no planting-place
for anything but a passion that cast sorrow upon my soul.
وَمَاذَاand what عَسَىmight يُغْنِيavail الصَّبَاحُthe morning وَقَدْand already بَدَاappeared
وَمَاذَا عَسَى يُغْنِي الصَّبَاحُ وَقَدْ بَدَا
دجىdarkness ليلnight لاَ'no' منfrom بعدafter سوفَ'will' (future marker) وعَسْعَسَاand grew dark
دجى ليل لاَ من بعد سوفَ وعَسْعَسَا
And what might morning avail, when there has appeared
the gloom of a night of 'no' after 'will,' and night has closed in?