بِيَin me اليأَسُdespair أَوْor داءُthe malady of الهُيامِlove-madness شَرِبْتُهُI have drunk it
بِيَ اليأَسُ أَوْ داءُ الهُيامِ شَرِبْتُهُ
فَإيّاكَso beware عنّيof me لاnot يَكُنْbe بكَin you ماwhat بِياin me
فَإيّاكَ عنّي لا يَكُنْ بكَ ما بِيا
Despair afflicts me—or the malady of love-madness, which I have drunk.
Despair overcomes me, or love's malady, I've drunk
So beware of me, lest what afflicts me afflict you.
So do not let what's in me be in you
فماfor ... not زادَنيincreased in me النَّاهونَthose who forbid إِلاَّexcept صبابةًardent longing
فما زادَني النَّاهونَ إِلاَّ صبابةً
ولاand not كَثْرَةُthe multitude of الواشينَslanderers إِلاّexcept تمادِياfurther persistence
ولا كَثْرَةُ الواشينَ إِلاّ تمادِيا
For those who bid me desist have only increased my longing,
For counselors increased naught in me but confusion
and the multitude of slanderers has only made me persist all the more.
And multitude of gossips only excess