تَخفَىare hidden عَلَيَّfrom me ذُنُوبُهhis sins فيin حبِّهِlove for him
تَخفَى عَلَيَّ ذُنُوبُه في حبِّهِ
ويَرىand he sees ذُنوبيmy sins قبلَbefore أَنthat أَجْنِيهاI commit them
ويَرى ذُنوبي قبلَ أَن أَجْنِيها
His sins are hidden from me in my love for him,
and he sees my sins before I commit them.
فَكأَنَّهso he is like عَينيmy eye تَرىit sees عَيبِيmy flaw وَلاand not
فَكأَنَّه عَيني تَرى عَيبِي وَلا
يَبْدُوappears لِيَto me العيبُthe flaw الّذِيwhich هُوَit فِيهاin it
يَبْدُو لِيَ العيبُ الّذِي هُوَ فِيها
So he is like my eye: it sees my flaw, yet
the flaw within it is not apparent to me.