ياO أَيُّهاyou الغائِبُthe absent one عَنfrom ناظِريmy sight
يا أَيُّها الغائِبُ عَن ناظِري
غَيرُكَanyone but you فيin بالِيَmy mind لاnot يَخطُرُcomes to mind
غَيرُكَ في بالِيَ لا يَخطُرُ
O you who are absent from my sight,
O you who are absent from my sight
No one but you crosses my mind.
None other than you comes to my mind
أَعرِفُI know ماwhat عِندَكَyou have مِنof وَحشَةٍloneliness
أَعرِفُ ما عِندَكَ مِن وَحشَةٍ
وَمِثلُهُand the like of it عِندِيَI have أَوor أَكثَرُmore
وَمِثلُهُ عِندِيَ أَو أَكثَرُ
I know the loneliness you feel,
I know your loneliness
And I feel as much, or more.
And mine is the same, if not more
وَليand I have فُؤادٌa heart عَنكَfrom you لاnot يَرعَويturns away
وَلي فُؤادٌ عَنكَ لا يَرعَوي
وَليand I have لِسانٌa tongue عَنكَabout you لاnot يَفتُرُslackens
وَلي لِسانٌ عَنكَ لا يَفتُرُ
And I have a heart that never turns away from you,
My heart cannot rest without you
And I have a tongue that never tires of speaking of you.
And my tongue never tires of you
مِثلُكَone like you فيamong الناسِpeople الحَبيبُthe beloved الَّذيwho
مِثلُكَ في الناسِ الحَبيبُ الَّذي
يُذكَرُis remembered أَوor يُحمَدُis praised أَوor يُشكَرُis thanked
يُذكَرُ أَو يُحمَدُ أَو يُشكَرُ
Among people, one like you is the beloved who
You are like a beloved among people
Is remembered, or praised, or thanked.
Who is remembered, praised and thanked
وَكُلَّماand whenever هَبَّتblows شَمالِيَّةٌa north wind
وَكُلَّما هَبَّت شَمالِيَّةٌ
أَسأَلُهاI ask it عَنكَabout you وَأَستَخبِرُand seek news
أَسأَلُها عَنكَ وَأَستَخبِرُ
And whenever a north wind blows,
And whenever a northerly wind blows
I ask it about you and seek news.
I ask it about you and inquire
ياO طيبَهاits sweetness ريحاًas a wind إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle سَرَتit travels by night
يا طيبَها ريحاً إِذا ما سَرَت
وَطيبَand the sweetness of ماwhat تَرويit recounts وَماand what تَذكُرُit mentions
وَطيبَ ما تَروي وَما تَذكُرُ
How sweet a wind it is when it wafts by night,
O goodness in its scent when it blows
And how sweet what it recounts and what it mentions!
And goodness in what it narrates and recalls
أَفهَمُI discern مِنfrom طَيِّبِfragrant أَنفاسِهاits breaths
أَفهَمُ مِن طَيِّبِ أَنفاسِها
عِبارَةًa message عَنكَabout you هِيَit is العَنبَرُambergris
عِبارَةً عَنكَ هِيَ العَنبَرُ
From its fragrant breaths I discern
I understand from its sweet breaths
A message about you—ambergris itself.
An expression of you, the ambergris
Sol 6.1