لمdid not أنلهI attain him فنلتهso I attained him بالأمانيthrough wishes
لم أنله فنلته بالأماني
فيin مناميmy sleep سرَّاsecretly منfrom الهجرانِestrangement
في منامي سرَّا من الهجرانِ
I did not attain him, so I attained him through wishes,
I could not attain it though I wished
In my sleep, in secret from estrangement.
In my dream, it secretly came from estrangement
واصلَreunited الحلمthe dream بينناbetween us بعدafter هجرestrangement
واصلَ الحلم بيننا بعد هجر
فاجتمعناso we met ونحنwhile we مفترقانِapart from one another
فاجتمعنا ونحن مفترقانِ
The dream brought us together after estrangement,
The dream continued after our separation
So we met while we were apart.
So we met while we were parted
غيرexcept أنَّthat الأرواحthe souls خافتfeared رقيباa watcher
غير أنَّ الأرواح خافت رقيبا
فطوتso they concealed سرّهاtheir secret عنfrom الأبدانِthe bodies
فطوت سرّها عن الأبدانِ
But the souls feared a watcher,
Except that spirits feared a watcher
So they concealed their secret from the bodies.
So they hid their secret from bodies
منظرa vision كانwas لذةthe delight of القلبthe heart إلاّexcept
منظر كان لذة القلب إلاّ
أنهthat it منظرa vision بغيرwithout عيانِdirect sight
أنه منظر بغير عيانِ
A vision that was the heart's delight, except
A scene that was heart's delight
That it was a vision unseen by the eyes.
Except it was a scene without seeing
Sol 6.1