سافريtravel كانif يرضيكpleases you السفرtravel
سافري كان يرضيك السفر
جربيtry لوwhether ورىbeyond ليليmy night صباحa morning
جربي لو ورى ليلي صباح
Travel, if travel pleases you.
Travel if you like traveling
Try and see whether there is a morning beyond my night.
Try if beyond the night is morning
بدليexchange الرملthe sand بأمواجfor waves البحرthe sea
بدلي الرمل بأمواج البحر
واتبعيand follow الغيمthe clouds تحملكcarry you الرياحthe winds
واتبعي الغيم تحملك الرياح
Exchange the sand for the waves of the sea.
Replace the sand with sea waves
And follow the clouds; the winds will carry you.
And follow the clouds carried by the winds
سافريtravel لينuntil تبكينyou make weep المطرthe rain
سافري لين تبكين المطر
واضحكيand laugh لينuntil ماthat (linking particle) يضيقgrows narrow البراحthe wide expanse
واضحكي لين ما يضيق البراح
Travel until you make the rain weep.
Travel until the rain weeps
And laugh until the wide expanse grows narrow.
And laugh until the land is too narrow
ولاand if تعبتيyou grow tired وحسيتيand you feel بضجرwith restlessness
ولا تعبتي وحسيتي بضجر
خليmake الشوقlonging لدياركfor your homeland جناحa wing
خلي الشوق لديارك جناح
And if you grow tired and feel restless,
Do not get tired or bored
Make longing for your homeland a wing.
Let longing for your land be wings
أرجعيreturn فيin ابتساماتكyour smiles عذرan excuse
أرجعي في ابتساماتك عذر
مثلlike ماas الدمعthe tears فيin عينيmy eye سماحforgiveness
مثل ما الدمع في عيني سماح
Return—there is an excuse in your smiles,
Return with smiles that excuse
Just as there is forgiveness in the tears in my eye.
As tears in the eyes of forgiveness
انتيyou العينthe eye منfrom طولlong duration النظرgazing
انتي العين من طول النظر
وانتيand you القلبthe heart منfrom كثرthe abundance of الجراحthe wounds
وانتي القلب من كثر الجراح
You are the eye, from so much gazing,
You are the eye from longing
And you are the heart, from so many wounds.
And you are the heart from many sorrows
Sol 6.1