مازالstill lingered فيin الحبّlove شوقٌlonging موجِعpainful وأَسىًand sorrow
مازال في الحبّ شوقٌ موجِع وأَسىً
مَبَرَّحٌagonizing يَقطَعrends الأحشاءthe entrails والكبِداand the liver
مَبَرَّحٌ يَقطَع الأحشاء والكبِدا
In love there still lingered a painful longing and sorrow,
There is still in love an aching longing and sorrow
Agonizing, rending the entrails and the liver,
Roaming, severing my innards and liver
حتىuntil رَمَىstruck البينُparting بالتفريقwith division أُلفتَناour closeness
حتى رَمَى البينُ بالتفريق أُلفتَنا
وحَلَّand untied منof وصلهاits union ماwhat كانhad been قدalready عُقِداtied
وحَلَّ من وصلها ما كان قد عُقِدا
Until parting struck our closeness with division,
Until separation cast us far apart, our intimacy broken
And untied what had been knotted in our bond.
And dissolved what had been knotted in union
فآهِso, alas! منfor لوعةٍanguish مشبوبةٍablaze وجَوىًand burning grief
فآهِ من لوعةٍ مشبوبةٍ وجَوىً
فيin الصدرthe breast لمdid not يُبْقِleave ليfor me صبراَpatience ولاnor جَلَداfortitude
في الصدر لم يُبْقِ لي صبراَ ولا جَلَدا
Alas for blazing anguish and burning grief,
Oh! Such searing pain and burning agony
In my breast, leaving me neither patience nor fortitude!
In my chest no patience or steadfastness remains
قالتshe said وعَبْرتُهاand her tears مخلوطةٌmingled بدمٍwith blood
قالت وعَبْرتُها مخلوطةٌ بدمٍ
تجريflowed وأنفاسُهاand her breaths مرفوعةٌraised صُعُداupward
تجري وأنفاسُها مرفوعةٌ صُعُدا
She said, while her tears, mingled with blood,
She spoke, her tears mingled with blood
Flowed, and her breaths rose upward:
Flowing, her breath rising skyward
لاdo not تطلبِask النطقَspeech منّيfrom me بالسلامin farewell فماfor ... not
لا تطلبِ النطقَ منّي بالسلام فما
أَبْقَىleft فراقُكَyour departure ليfor me رُوحاًa soul ولاnor جسداa body
أَبْقَى فراقُكَ لي رُوحاً ولا جسدا
"Do not ask me to utter a farewell, for
Ask me not to bid you farewell, for after you
Your departure has left me neither soul nor body."
Neither spirit nor body in me abides
فظَلْتُso I remained ملتثماkissing منfrom صَحْنthe expanse وجنتهاher cheek
فظَلْتُ ملتثما من صَحْن وجنتها
وَرْداًroses ومرتشِفاًand sipping منfrom ثغرهاher mouth بَرَداhail
وَرْداً ومرتشِفاً من ثغرها بَرَدا
So I kept kissing, from the expanse of her cheek,
I remained gathering the roses of her cheeks
Roses, and sipping hail from her mouth,
And sipping the nectar of her lips
وطاوياand enfolding فيin الحشىthe innermost breast منهاfrom her رَسِيسa lingering trace هوىًlove
وطاويا في الحشى منها رَسِيس هوىً
لاnot أحسبI think الدهرَtime يُبْلِيwears away عهدَهits pledge أبداever
لا أحسب الدهرَ يُبْلِي عهدَه أبدا
And enfolding in my breast a lingering trace of love for her,
Harboring in my breast the murmur of passion for her
Whose pledge I do not think time will ever wear away.
I think not time will ever end its era