أَعَينO wellspring حَياتيmy life وَالَّذيand the one who بِبَقائِهِthrough his continued life
أَعَين حَياتي وَالَّذي بِبَقائِهِ
بَقائيmy continued life لَقَدindeed أَصبَحتI have become نَحوَكtoward you شَيِّقاfull of longing
بَقائي لَقَد أَصبَحت نَحوَك شَيِّقا
O wellspring of my life, and you whose continued life
O eyes of my life, by whose existence
sustains my own: I have grown full of longing for you.
My existence remains, towards you I yearn.
أَقَمتَyou have settled بِقَلبيin my heart غَيرَexcept أَنَّthat لِمُقلَتيfor my eye
أَقَمتَ بِقَلبي غَيرَ أَنَّ لِمُقلَتي
بِرُؤيتكَthrough seeing you الحَظَّthe good fortune الَّذيthat يُذهِبُdispels الشَقاmisery
بِرُؤيتكَ الحَظَّ الَّذي يُذهِبُ الشَقا
You have made your home in my heart, yet my eye
You made your home in my heart, though for my glance
finds in seeing you the good fortune that dispels misery.
The fortune of seeing you takes away sorrow.
وَماand not كانَwas ظَنّيmy expectation أَنكthat you الدَهرَever تارِكيforsaking me
وَما كانَ ظَنّي أَنك الدَهرَ تارِكي
وَلَوeven if أَنَّنيthat I أَصبحتُI became بَينَamong الوَرىhumankind لَقاa worthless castoff
وَلَو أَنَّني أَصبحتُ بَينَ الوَرى لَقا
And I never thought that you would ever forsake me,
I never thought you'd forsake me,
even if I became a worthless castoff among humankind.
And if between people I became seen, a meeting would transpire.
لَطائفُsubtleties مَعنىًof meaning فيin العِيانdirect sight ولَمand not تَكُنthey were
لَطائفُ مَعنىً في العِيان ولَم تَكُن
لِتُدركto be grasped إلاexcept بِالتَزاوُرِthrough mutual visits وَاللِقاand meeting
لِتُدرك إلا بِالتَزاوُرِ وَاللِقا
There are subtleties of meaning in direct sight, and they could not
Subtleties of meaning in seeing you there were not,
be grasped except through mutual visits and meeting.
To be realized except through visitation and encounter.
Sol 6.1