ياO ذاyou الَّذيwhose أَكتَمُI conceal حُبّيهِmy love for him
يا ذا الَّذي أَكتَمُ حُبّيهِ
وَلَستُand I am not مِنout of خَوفٍfear أُسَمّيهِI name him
وَلَستُ مِن خَوفٍ أُسَمّيهِ
O you whose love I conceal,
and whom, out of fear, I do not name.
لَمdid not يَدرِknow ماwhat بيafflicts me مِنfrom هَواهُlove for him وَلَمand did not
لَم يَدرِ ما بي مِن هَواهُ وَلَم
يَعلَمknow بِماof what قاسَيتُهُI endured it فيهِfor him
يَعلَم بِما قاسَيتُهُ فيهِ
He did not know how love for him afflicted me, nor
did he know what I had endured for him.