لحيِّfor the tribe of سلمىSalma شدواsaddle الركائبْthe riding camels
لحيِّ سلمى شدوا الركائبْ
قدindeed زادhas grown شوقيmy longing إلىfor الحبائبْthe beloved ones
قد زاد شوقي إلى الحبائبْ
Saddle the riding camels for Salma's tribe;
O companions of Salma, hasten the mounts
Indeed, my longing for the beloved ones has grown.
For my longing for the loved ones has increased
أواهalas سهمthe arrow البعادof separation صائبon target
أواه سهم البعاد صائب
والقلبand the heart ذائبmelting
والقلب ذائب
Alas, the arrow of separation strikes true,
Alas, the arrow of separation has hit its mark
And the heart is melting.
And my heart is melting
باللهby God ياO ريمgazelle أرضland of رامهRama
بالله يا ريم أرض رامه
أنلgrant فؤاديmy heart الشجيsorrowful مرامهits desire
أنل فؤادي الشجي مرامه
By God, O gazelle of Rama's land,
By Allah, O Rim, yield to his wish
Grant my sorrowful heart its desire.
Grant my ardent heart its desire
وأنتand you ياO برقlightning منfrom تهامهTihama
وأنت يا برق من تهامه
هجتyou roused النجائبthe noble riding camels
هجت النجائب
And you, O lightning from Tihama,
And you, O lightning of his obsession
You have roused the noble riding camels.
The stars have inspired my love poems
ياO ليلةnight السفحthe slope منof زرودZarud
يا ليلة السفح من زرود
لناto us ولوeven if فيin المنامa dream عوديreturn
لنا ولو في المنام عودي
O night on the slope of Zarud,
O night of the hillside, return to us
Return to us, even if only in a dream.
Even if just in a dream
وأنجزيand fulfill باللقاthrough reunion وعوديmy promises
وأنجزي باللقا وعودي
فالضدfor the adversary غائبabsent
فالضد غائب
And fulfill, through reunion, the promises made to me,
And fulfill your promise to me
For the adversary is absent.
Though the opposite seems true
صلاةblessing ربيmy Lord علىupon التهاميthe man from Tihama
صلاة ربي على التهامي
وآلهand his family السادةthe masters الكرامthe noble
وآله السادة الكرام
My Lord's blessing be upon the Tihami,
My Lord's blessings on the beloved one
And upon his family, the noble masters.
And his noble family
عبدAbd (servant) الغنيal-Ghani (the Self-Sufficient) صارhas become فيهthrough him ساميexalted
عبد الغني صار فيه سامي
وليسand is not خائبdisappointed
وليس خائب
Abd al-Ghani has become exalted through him,
Abdul Ghani's love has become sublime
And is not disappointed.
He will not be disappointed
Sol 6.1