أعدْrepeat ذِكرَthe mention of منthe one whom نَهوىwe love فنحنُfor we علىin الهَوَىlove
أعدْ ذِكرَ من نَهوى فنحنُ على الهَوَى
مُقيمونَabiding لمnot نَبْرحْwe depart ولوeven if أنَّناthat we مِتْناwe died
مُقيمونَ لم نَبْرحْ ولو أنَّنا مِتْنا
Speak again of the one we love, for in love
Remember the one I yearn for, for we abide
we abide, never departing, even if we die.
In passion, unmoving, even if we were to die
وإنْand if تذكُرِyou mention العُشَّاقَthe lovers فيin طَبقاتِهمْtheir ranks
وإنْ تذكُرِ العُشَّاقَ في طَبقاتِهمْ
بِصنْفِin the class of الفِدائيِّينَthe self-sacrificing باللهby God فاثْبِتْناso record us
بِصنْفِ الفِدائيِّينَ بالله فاثْبِتْنا
And if you list the lovers in their ranks,
And if you remember lovers in their ranks
by God, record us among those who sacrifice themselves.
Place us among the self-sacrificing, by God establish us
أماdo you not تدريyou know ياO رَبِّmaster of الدَّفاتِرَthe registers طوْرَناour state
أما تدري يا رَبِّ الدَّفاتِرَ طوْرَنا
وكيفَand how علىupon جمرِembers الغرامِpassion تَثبَّتْناwe stood firm
وكيفَ على جمرِ الغرامِ تَثبَّتْنا
Do you not know, O master of the registers, our state,
Do you not know, O Lord of records, our state
and how we stood firm upon the embers of passion?
And how upon hot coals of love we persevered
نَسقْناwe arranged بآهِwith the sigh of الحُبِّlove أبراجَthe towers of قَلبِناour heart
نَسقْنا بآهِ الحُبِّ أبراجَ قَلبِنا
وفُتْناand we escaped عَلاقاتِthe ties of الوُجودِexistence وفتَّتْناand we shattered
وفُتْنا عَلاقاتِ الوُجودِ وفتَّتْنا
With love's sigh, we arranged the towers of our heart,
We built with the sighs of love towers in our hearts
and escaped the ties of existence and shattered them.
And untied the relations of existence and shattered them
ومنand of عجَبٍwonder إنَّاindeed we جَمعناwe gathered علىin الهَوَىlove
ومن عجَبٍ إنَّا جَمعنا على الهَوَى
مَحاضِرناour gatherings منfrom كلِّevery طَوْرٍstage وشتَّتْناand we scattered
مَحاضِرنا من كلِّ طَوْرٍ وشتَّتْنا
And it is a wonder that in love we assembled
And from wonders that we gathered in passion
our gatherings from every stage, and scattered them:
Our schools from every state and scattered them
محاضِرُgatherings أزرَتْput to shame بالبُدورِthe full moons مَطالعاًin their risings
محاضِرُ أزرَتْ بالبُدورِ مَطالعاً
وكُلِّand all الوَرَىcreation ضمنَwithin المَطالعِthe risings أنستْناmade us forget
وكُلِّ الوَرَى ضمنَ المَطالعِ أنستْنا
gatherings that put the full moons to shame in their risings,
Schools burdened with mysteries the horizons
and amid those risings made us forget all creation.
And all existence within horizons brought us intimacy
ولمَّاand when تَقيَّدناwe bound ourselves بقيْدِwith the bond of غَرامناour passion
ولمَّا تَقيَّدنا بقيْدِ غَرامنا
بِصدقٍwith sincerity فمنthen from قيْدِthe bond of الوُجوداتِexistences أفلَتْناwe escaped
بِصدقٍ فمن قيْدِ الوُجوداتِ أفلَتْنا
And when we bound ourselves with the bond of our passion
And when we were bound by our passionate bond
in sincerity, we then escaped the bond of existences.
With truth, from the bonds of existence we broke free
وللهand to God منَّاfrom us الحمدُpraise فيat كلِّevery طرْفَةٍblink
ولله منَّا الحمدُ في كلِّ طرْفَةٍ
أُمتْناwe were put to death ولكنَّand yet المَواهبَthe gifts أحيتْناbrought us to life
أُمتْنا ولكنَّ المَواهبَ أحيتْنا
And to God goes our praise at every blink:
And to God belongs praise from us in every glimpse
we were put to death, yet the gifts brought us to life.
We lived as a nation but gifts revived us
Sol 6.1