وَماand what تَصنَعُyou do بِالسِرِّwith the secret
وَما تَصنَعُ بِالسِرِّ
إِذاif لَمnot تَكُyou are مَجنوناmad
إِذا لَم تَكُ مَجنونا
And what do you do with the secret
What would you ask of secrets, if you aren't a little mad?
if you are not mad?
When your treatment for love's burden
إِذاif عالَجتَyou grappled with ثِقلَthe burden of الحُبlove (word continues)
إِذا عالَجتَ ثِقلَ الحُب
بِcompletion of 'love' عالَجتَyou grappled with الأَمَرَّيناthe two bitterest ordeals
بِ عالَجتَ الأَمَرَّينا
If you grapple with the burden of love,
is to treat the two afflictions alike -
you grapple with the two bitterest ordeals.
though with one matter you've revealed
وَقَدand indeed بُحتَyou disclosed بِأَمرٍof a matter كاbeginning of 'was'
وَقَد بُحتَ بِأَمرٍ كا
نَcompletion of 'was' فيin قَلبِيَmy heart مَكنوناhidden
نَ في قَلبِيَ مَكنونا
And you have disclosed a matter that was
what lay hidden in my heart,
hidden in my heart.
and with another you've raged over
وَقَدand indeed هِجتَyou stirred up بِماthrough what حاوَلattempted (word continues)
وَقَد هِجتَ بِما حاوَل
تَyou (verb ending) أَمراًa matter كانَwas مَدفوناburied
تَ أَمراً كانَ مَدفونا
And through what you attempted, you have stirred up
what should have stayed well buried.
a matter that was buried.
Partial English translation: 7 of 8 Arabic lines translated.