جاءتshe came مذكّرةًreminding لعهدٍof a time غابرِbygone
جاءت مذكّرةً لعهدٍ غابرِ
وهوىًand a love تقلَّصَshrank مثلَlike ظلّthe shadow العابرِof a passerby
وهوىً تقلَّصَ مثلَ ظلّ العابرِ
She came, reminding me of a bygone time,
It came as a reminder of a bygone era
And a love that had shrunk like a passerby's shadow.
And a passion that shrank like the shadow of a passerby
والدَّمعُand tears فيon وجناتِهاher cheeks مُتسَلسِلٌstreaming
والدَّمعُ في وجناتِها مُتسَلسِلٌ
مثلَlike الغديرِa brook علىupon الأريضِfertile ground العاطرfragrant
مثلَ الغديرِ على الأريضِ العاطر
And tears streamed down her cheeks,
And tears on her cheeks flowed
Like a brook upon fragrant, fertile ground.
Like a stream on the fragrant land
فسألتُهاso I asked her ماذاwhy البكاءُthe weeping فلمbut did not تُجبreply
فسألتُها ماذا البكاءُ فلم تُجب
ورَنتand she gazed إلىtoward النَّجمِthe star البعيدِdistant الزاهرshining
ورَنت إلى النَّجمِ البعيدِ الزاهر
So I asked her, 'Why this weeping?' But she did not reply,
I asked her why the tears but she did not answer
And gazed toward the distant, shining star.
She glanced at the distant shining star
فرأيتُthen I saw نوراًa light سالَflowed منfrom عينٍan eye علىonto
فرأيتُ نوراً سالَ من عينٍ على
قلبٍa heart يُصفِّقهُbeats against it جناحُthe wing الطائرof the bird
قلبٍ يُصفِّقهُ جناحُ الطائر
Then I saw a light that flowed from an eye onto
I saw a light pour from an eye
A heart against which the bird's wing beats.
On a heart fluttered by a bird's wing
وغدَوتُand I became أُؤمنُI believe بالمحبَّةِin love بعدَafter ماthat (clause marker)
وغدَوتُ أُؤمنُ بالمحبَّةِ بعدَ ما
جاءتshe came بمعجزةٍwith a miracle لقلبيfor my heart الكافرunbelieving
جاءت بمعجزةٍ لقلبي الكافر
And I came to believe in love after
And I came to believe in love after
She came with a miracle for my unbelieving heart.
It came with a miracle to my disbelieving heart
ياO حبُّLove فيكَin you المعجزاتُmiracles تجمّعتhave gathered
يا حبُّ فيكَ المعجزاتُ تجمّعت
فلأنتَfor you indeed are منof روحِthe spirit الإلهِof God القادرthe Almighty
فلأنتَ من روحِ الإلهِ القادر
O Love, in you miracles have gathered,
O love! In you miracles gathered
For you are indeed of the spirit of God Almighty.
For you are from the spirit of the Able God
لولاكَwithout you ماnot انتَظَمتwere composed قصائدُpoems شاعرٍof a poet
لولاكَ ما انتَظَمت قصائدُ شاعرٍ
فوقَupon الصحائفِthe pages كالعبابِlike a flood الزاخرsurging
فوقَ الصحائفِ كالعبابِ الزاخر
Without you, no poet's poems would take shape
Without you no verses of a poet
Upon the pages like a surging flood.
Would have lined the pages like abundant rain
بينَamong الورىhumankind انشقَّتsplit open لكَfor you الحجبُthe veils التيthat
بينَ الورى انشقَّت لكَ الحجبُ التي
ماnot مسَّهاtouched them يوماًever قضيبُthe wand الساحرof the sorcerer
ما مسَّها يوماً قضيبُ الساحر
Among humankind, for you were parted the veils that
Between people the veils that
The sorcerer's wand had never touched.
No magician's wand ever touched split for you
Sol 6.1