وَاطُولَOh, how long شَوْقَاهُmy longing! إِلَىfor غَائِبٍan absent one
وَاطُولَ شَوْقَاهُ إِلَى غَائِبٍ
غَيَّبَbanished عَنْfrom جَفْنِيَmy eyelid طُولَthe length of الرُّقادْslumber
غَيَّبَ عَنْ جَفْنِيَ طُولَ الرُّقادْ
Oh, how long my longing for an absent one!
His longing for an absent one
He has banished long slumber from my eyelid.
Has kept sleep from my eyes for long
فِيin مِصْرَEgypt عَهْدِيmy recollection أنّهthat he سَاكِنٌdwelling
فِي مِصْرَ عَهْدِي أنّه سَاكِنٌ
فَكَيْفَso how مِنْof قَلْبِيmy heart حَلَّsettled in السَّوادْthe dark core
فَكَيْفَ مِنْ قَلْبِي حَلَّ السَّوادْ
In Egypt, as I recall, he dwells;
Though I know he dwells in my homeland
How, then, has he settled in my heart’s dark core?
Why then this sadness in my heart?
Sol 6.1