أَهْبِبْblow وأَطِبْand waft fragrance ياO رِيحَwind وَادِيvalley القُدْسِJerusalem
أَهْبِبْ وأَطِبْ يا رِيحَ وَادِي القُدْسِ
عَنْfrom جِيرَتِكَyour neighbors الحُلولِdwelling فيin نَابِلسِNablus
عَنْ جِيرَتِكَ الحُلولِ في نَابِلسِ
Blow and waft fragrance, O wind of Jerusalem’s valley,
From your neighbors dwelling in Nablus.
باللَّهِby God عَلَيْكَupon you (I implore you) هَلْdid …? لِعَهْدِيof my bond ذَكَرُواthey remembered
باللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ هَلْ لِعَهْدِي ذَكَرُوا
أمor طالَgrew long بِهِover it طُولُthe length التَّمادِيthe passage of time فَنُسِيand so it was forgotten
أم طالَ بِهِ طُولُ التَّمادِي فَنُسِي
By God, I implore you: did they remember my bond with them,
Or did so much time pass over it that it was forgotten?
Sol 6.1