مِنكَfrom you ياO هاجِرُforsaker دائيmy ailment
مِنكَ يا هاجِرُ دائي
وَبِكَفَّيكَand in your two hands دَوائيmy cure
وَبِكَفَّيكَ دَوائي
From you, O forsaker, comes my ailment,
and in your two hands lies my cure.
ياO مُنىlongings روحيmy soul وَدُنياand world
يا مُنى روحي وَدُنيا
يَmy وَسُؤليand my wish وَرَجائيand my hope
يَ وَسُؤلي وَرَجائي
O my soul's longing and my world,
and my wish and my hope!
أَنتَyou إِنif شِئتَyou wish نَعيميmy bliss
أَنتَ إِن شِئتَ نَعيمي
وَإِذاand if شِئتَyou wish شَقائيmy misery
وَإِذا شِئتَ شَقائي
You are, if you wish, my bliss,
and, if you wish, my misery.
لَيسَthere is no مِنof عُمرِيَmy life يَومٌa day
لَيسَ مِن عُمرِيَ يَومٌ
لاnot تَرىyou see فيهِin it لِقائيmeeting me
لا تَرى فيهِ لِقائي
There is no day of my life
on which you do not see me.
وَحَياتيand my life فيin التَدانيcloseness
وَحَياتي في التَداني
وَمَماتيand my death فيin التَنائيbeing far apart
وَمَماتي في التَنائي
And my life lies in closeness,
and my death in being far apart.
نَمsleep عَلىupon نِسيانِforgetting سُهديmy sleeplessness
نَم عَلى نِسيانِ سُهدي
فيكَover you وَاِضحَكand laugh مِنat بُكائيmy weeping
فيكَ وَاِضحَك مِن بُكائي
Sleep, oblivious to my sleeplessness
over you, and laugh at my weeping.
كُلُّall ماthat which تَرضاهُyou are pleased with it ياO مَوfirst part of 'my lord'
كُلُّ ما تَرضاهُ يا مَو
لايَrest of 'my lord' يَرضاهُis pleased with it وَلائيmy devotion
لايَ يَرضاهُ وَلائي
All that pleases you, O my
lord, pleases my devotion.
وَكَماand as تَعلَمُyou know حُبّيmy love
وَكَما تَعلَمُ حُبّي
وَكَماand as تَدريyou know وَفائيmy faithfulness
وَكَما تَدري وَفائي
And as you know my love,
and as you know my faithfulness
فيكَto you ياO راحَةَcomfort روحيmy soul
فيكَ يا راحَةَ روحي
طالَhas grown long بِالواشيbecause of the talebearer عَنائيmy suffering
طالَ بِالواشي عَنائي
to you, O comfort of my soul,
my suffering through the talebearer has grown long.
وَتَوارَيتُand I hid myself بِدَمعيwith my tears
وَتَوارَيتُ بِدَمعي
عَنfrom عُيونِeyes of الرُقَباءِthe watchers
عَن عُيونِ الرُقَباءِ
And I hid myself behind my tears
from the eyes of the watchers.
أَناI أَهواكَI love you وَلاand not أَرfirst part of 'I accept'
أَنا أَهواكَ وَلا أَر
ضىrest of 'I accept' الهَوىlove مِنfrom شُرَكائيmy rivals in love
ضى الهَوى مِن شُرَكائي
I love you, and will not
tolerate love from my rivals.
غِرتُI grew jealous حَتّىso much that لَتَرىyou surely see أَرfirst part of 'my earth'
غِرتُ حَتّى لَتَرى أَر
ضِيَrest of 'my earth' غَيرىjealous مِنof سَمائيmy sky
ضِيَ غَيرى مِن سَمائي
I have grown so jealous that you see my
earth jealous of my sky.
لَيتَنيwould that I كُنتُI was رِداءًa cloak
لَيتَني كُنتُ رِداءً
لَكَfor you أَوor كُنتَyou were رِدائيmy cloak
لَكَ أَو كُنتَ رِدائي
Would that I were a cloak
for you, or you were my cloak.
لَيتَنيwould that I ماؤُكَyour water فيin الغُلfirst part of 'the burning thirst'
لَيتَني ماؤُكَ في الغُل
لَةِrest of 'the burning thirst' أَوor لَيتَكَwould that you مائيmy water
لَةِ أَو لَيتَكَ مائي
Would that I were your water in
burning thirst, or that you were my water.
Sol 6.1