أَناI لقابلshall meet الورجunclear as written وَلاغيهand converse with him/it
أَنا لقابل الورج وَلاغيه
وَلاnor ليfor me بقسطمونيin Kastamonu ةلفpossibly a companion; unclear as written الاغيهI converse with him/it
وَلا لي بقسطموني ةلف الاغيه
I shall meet [unclear word] and converse with it.
I face the fate, undeterred,
Nor have I in Kastamonu [a companion—uncertain reading] to converse with.
No shelter will I seek,
ياO ناهيNahi لاdo not تجرdraw الميلthe kohl-stick للغيfor enticement
يا ناهي لا تجر الميل للغي
بعينكin your eye طُولfor as long ماas حناwe غيابabsent
بعينك طُول ما حنا غياب
O Nahi, do not draw the kohl-stick to entice,
Oh you who chide, desist your words,
Across your eye for as long as we are away.
While longing stays our creed.