سَقياً لمَعهدك الذي لو لم يكن

سَقياً لمَعهدك الذي لو لم يكن

ما كان قلبي للصَبابةِ معهدا

ما كان قلبي للصَبابةِ معهدا

May rain bless your dwelling—which, had it not been,

May rain bless your abode, which, had it not existed,

Watering your institute which if it weren't

my heart would not have been an abode for ardent longing.

my heart would not have been an abode for passionate longing.

My heart wouldn't have been a place for youth