خَبَّروهاthey told her بِأَنَّنيthat I قَدalready تَزَوَّجmarried
خَبَّروها بِأَنَّني قَد تَزَوَّج
تُI (verb suffix) فَظَلَّتso she continued تُكاتِمُshe conceals الغَيظَthe anger سِرّاsecretly
تُ فَظَلَّت تُكاتِمُ الغَيظَ سِرّا
They told her that I had married,
so she kept concealing her anger in secret.
ثُمَّthen قالَتshe said لِأُختِهاto her sister وَلِأُخرىand to another woman
ثُمَّ قالَت لِأُختِها وَلِأُخرى
لَيتَهُif only he كانَhad قَدalready تَزَوَّجَmarried عَشراten women
لَيتَهُ كانَ قَد تَزَوَّجَ عَشرا
Then she said to her sister and to another,
“If only he had married ten women!”
وَأَشارَتand she gestured إِلىtoward نِساءٍwomen لَدَيهاbeside her
وَأَشارَت إِلى نِساءٍ لَدَيها
لاnot تَرىshe sees دونَهُنَّapart from them لِلسِرِّfor the secret سِتراa veil
لا تَرى دونَهُنَّ لِلسِرِّ سِترا
And she gestured toward women beside her,
seeing no veil for her secret apart from them:
ماwhat لِقَلبيwith my heart كَأَنَّهُas though it لَيسَis not مِنّىًpart of me
ما لِقَلبي كَأَنَّهُ لَيسَ مِنّىً
وَعِظاميand my bones إِخالُI think فيهِنَّin them فَتراlanguor
وَعِظامي إِخالُ فيهِنَّ فَترا
“What ails my heart, as though it were not mine?
And in my bones, I think, there is a languor,
مِنfrom حَديثٍnews نَمىwas conveyed إِلَيَّto me فَظيعٍdreadful
مِن حَديثٍ نَمى إِلَيَّ فَظيعٍ
خِلتُI imagined فيin القَلبِthe heart مِنfrom تَلَظّيهِits blazing جَمراembers
خِلتُ في القَلبِ مِن تَلَظّيهِ جَمرا
from dreadful news that reached me;
from its blazing, I imagined embers within my heart.”