بذلتُI offered up فيكمfor you لنارto the fire of الشّوقlonging أحشائيmy entrails
بذلتُ فيكم لنار الشّوق أحشائي
ولمand did not تَفُزْwin بعدكمafter your departure بالنّومwith sleep عَيْنائيmy two eyes
ولم تَفُزْ بعدكم بالنّوم عَيْنائي
For you, I offered my entrails to the fire of longing.
I sacrificed for you the fire of passion in my heart
And after your departure, my two eyes won no sleep.
And after you, my eyes could not succeed in sleep
أحببتُكمI loved you حُبَّwith the love of مطبوعٍone naturally disposed عليهto it وماand not
أحببتُكم حُبَّ مطبوعٍ عليه وما
تَرْضىwould approve بفعلكُمof your actions بيto me فيّwith regard to me أعدائيmy enemies
تَرْضى بفعلكُم بي فيّ أعدائي
I loved you with the love of one born to it; and not even
I loved you with imprinted love, but you
my enemies would approve of your treatment of me.
Do not accept what your actions do to me, O enemy
لاdo not تَحذَرواfear إنif دنوتمyou draw near فيin الهوىlove مَلَليmy weariness
لا تَحذَروا إن دنوتم في الهوى مَلَلي
ولاand do not تَخافواfear سُلُوِّيmy ceasing to love عندat إقصائيmy being cast away
ولا تَخافوا سُلُوِّي عند إقصائي
If you draw near in love, do not fear my growing weary,
Do not fear boredom if you come close in love
nor fear my ceasing to love when I am cast away.
And do not be afraid of my madness when I am isolated
فإنّfor indeed قلبيَmy heart لمdid not أملِكْهI possess it دونَكُمapart from you
فإنّ قلبيَ لم أملِكْه دونَكُم
يوماًfor a day فأَحْمِلَهso that I might direct it فيكمconcerning you علىaccording to رائيmy judgment
يوماً فأَحْمِلَه فيكم على رائي
For I have not possessed my heart apart from you
For my heart I did not possess without you
for a single day, to bend it to my judgment concerning you.
A day, so I carry it in you contrary to my opinion
لوif كانwere حبّكlove for you عنfrom أمريmy command لحاجتهout of need for it
لو كان حبّك عن أمري لحاجته
لَمَاthen would not غدتْhave become خُصَمائيmy adversaries فيكconcerning you أهوائيmy desires
لَمَا غدتْ خُصَمائي فيك أهوائي
If my love for you arose at my command, out of need for it,
If your love was up to me out of need
my desires would not have become my adversaries over you.
My desires in you would not become my adversary