ياO روضةَgarden الودِّlove التيwhich لمhas not تزَلْceased
يا روضةَ الودِّ التي لم تزَلْ
آثارُهاits traces تزدانُare adorned للناظرِto the beholder
آثارُها تزدانُ للناظرِ
O garden of love, which has ever remained
O garden of affection that has not ceased to be
Fair in its traces to the beholder.
Adorned with traces for the beholder
تفتحتْblossomed أزهارهاits flowers بينناamong us
تفتحتْ أزهارها بيننا
بكلِّwith every معنىًmeaning حسنٍlovely نادرrare
بكلِّ معنىً حسنٍ نادر
Its flowers have blossomed among us
Your flowers bloomed between us
With every lovely, rare meaning.
With every beautiful and rare meaning
وأينعتand ripened بالأنُسwith companionship أفنانهاits boughs
وأينعت بالأنُس أفنانها
وفتقتand burst open منfrom ودّهاits love العاطرfragrant
وفتقت من ودّها العاطر
And its boughs have ripened in companionship,
And yielded their fruits generously
And burst open with its fragrant love.
With the fragrance of affection bursting forth
حيّاmay bless الحياthe rain عهدكyour memory منas صاحبa friend
حيّا الحيا عهدك من صاحب
نأىwent afar ولكنand yet لاعنnot from الخاطرthe mind
نأى ولكن لاعن الخاطر
May rain bless your memory, O friend,
Greetings to you, whose era still lives
Who has gone afar, and yet not from the mind.
Though distant, not absent from thought
شطّتْwent far away بهwith him العيسُthe pale camels لنيلto attain المنىthe wishes
شطّتْ به العيسُ لنيل المنى
وكمand how many لهfor him فيin القلبthe heart منof ذاكرone who remembers
وكم له في القلب من ذاكر
The pale camels bore him far to attain his wishes,
Carried by passion to attain wishes
And how many in the heart remember him!
And so many memories in the heart
حَجَجْتَyou performed the pilgrimage مبروراًwith your pilgrimage accepted فياso, O نعمةa blessing
حَجَجْتَ مبروراً فيا نعمة
أوّلهاits beginning يثنيbestows praise علىupon الآخرthe end
أوّلها يثني على الآخر
You made a blessed pilgrimage—O what a blessing,
You came and went blessed
Whose beginning praises its end.
Each beginning praising the next
فعُدْso return رخيِّeasy البالthe mind فيin غبطةٍgladness
فعُدْ رخيِّ البال في غبطةٍ
إلىto مقرٍّan abode بالهناwith happiness عامرfilled
إلى مقرٍّ بالهنا عامر
So return, with mind at ease, in gladness,
So return, tranquil of mind, in felicity
To an abode filled with happiness.
To an abode filled with our joy
Sol 6.1