إِنif غِبتَyou are absent عَنّيfrom me أَوor حَضَرare present (word continues)
إِن غِبتَ عَنّي أَو حَضَر
تَyou (verb ending) فَلَستthen you are not عَنfrom عَينيmy sight تَغيبُyou vanish
تَ فَلَست عَن عَيني تَغيبُ
Whether you are absent from me or present,
you never vanish from my sight.
لَكِنbut أَرىI find عَيشيmy life إِذاwhen
لَكِن أَرى عَيشي إِذا
ماever (emphasizing 'when') غِبتَyou are absent عَنّيfrom me لاnot يَطيبُis sweet
ما غِبتَ عَنّي لا يَطيبُ
But I find that my life, whenever
you are absent from me, has no sweetness.
وَعَلىand in كِلاboth الحالَينِthe two states مِنof
وَعَلى كِلا الحالَينِ مِن
كَyou (attached pronoun) فَأَنتَthen you are وَاللَهِby God الحَبيبُthe beloved
كَ فَأَنتَ وَاللَهِ الحَبيبُ
And in either of your two states,
you are, by God, the beloved.
سِيّانِequal فيin صِدقِsincerity الهَوىlove
سِيّانِ في صِدقِ الهَوى
عِنديto me حُضورُكَyour presence وَالمَغيبُand absence
عِندي حُضورُكَ وَالمَغيبُ
Equal, in the sincerity of love,
are your presence and absence to me.
وَإِذاand if رَأَيتَyou see مِنَfrom البَعيthe distant one (word continues)
وَإِذا رَأَيتَ مِنَ البَعي
دِcompletion of 'the distant one' مَوَدَّةًaffection فَهُوَthen he is القَريبُthe near one
دِ مَوَدَّةً فَهُوَ القَريبُ
And if you see, from one far away,
affection, then he is the one who is near.
إِنّيindeed, I لَأَعلَمُI surely know أَنَّthat ظَنopinion (word continues)
إِنّي لَأَعلَمُ أَنَّ ظَن
نيmy (completing 'my opinion') فيكَof you ظَنٌّan opinion لايَخيبُdoes not prove mistaken
ني فيكَ ظَنٌّ لايَخيبُ
I know full well that my opinion
of you is one that will not prove mistaken.
Sol 6.1