جزىmay reward اللهGod بالحسنىwith the finest reward لياليnights أحسنتshowed kindness
جزى الله بالحسنى ليالي أحسنت
إليناto us بايناسِthrough the companionship of الحبيبِthe beloved المسافرthe traveler
إلينا بايناسِ الحبيبِ المسافر
May God grant the finest reward to the nights that were kind
May God reward with goodness the nights you were kind
To us through the companionship of the traveling beloved.
To us with yearnings for the beloved traveler
لياليَnights كانتwere بالسرورwith joy قصيرةًbrief
لياليَ كانت بالسرور قصيرةً
ولمand not تكُwere لولاbut for طيبهاtheir sweetness بالقصائرbrief
ولم تكُ لولا طيبها بالقصائر
Nights that were brief in their joy,
Nights that were short with joy
And, but for their sweetness, would not have been brief.
And would not have been were it not for their kindness
فيالكso, what a ... you are! وصلاًunion كانwas وشكswiftness of انقضائهits ending
فيالك وصلاً كان وشك انقضائه
كزروةlike a visit طيفa dream-phantom أوor كنغبةlike a sip طائرa bird
كزروة طيف أو كنغبة طائر
Ah, what a union—its swift passing was
Oh nights of connection that were nearing their end
Like a dream-phantom’s visit or a bird’s sip.
Like the illusion of a phantom or a bird's twittering
Sol 6.1