ياO منone who بكسرwith the lowering of جفنيهhis two eyelids يقابلنيmeets me
يا من بكسر جفنيه يقابلني
إذاwhen شكوتI complain إليهto him الهجرabandonment مظلوماwronged
إذا شكوت إليه الهجر مظلوما
O you who meet me with lowered eyelids,
O you whose lowered eyelids meet me
when, wronged, I complain to you of abandonment:
When I complain to him of neglected love
أعيذI seek protection for بالفتحthrough al-Fath جفناan eyelid منكof yours منكسراًdrooping
أعيذ بالفتح جفنا منك منكسراً
وبالحواميمand through the Ha-Mim chapters ثغراa mouth قدindeed حوىhas contained ميماa mim (the Arabic letter m)
وبالحواميم ثغرا قد حوى ميما
I invoke al-Fath to protect a drooping eyelid of yours,
I seek refuge in the Fatiha from your broken eyelids
and the Ha-Mim chapters to protect a mouth that holds a mim.
And in the hawameem a mouth that holds a meem