نورُlight عَينيmy eye تَرَكتِyou left قَلبيmy heart جَناحاa wing
نورُ عَيني تَرَكتِ قَلبي جَناحا
يَومَthe day فارَقتِنيyou parted from me فَحَنَّso it yearned وَناحاand it wailed
يَومَ فارَقتِني فَحَنَّ وَناحا
O light of my eye, you left my heart a wing,
The light of my eyes left my heart broken
The day you parted from me, so it yearned and wailed.
The day you left me, it yearned and lamented
جَوهَرَjewel الدُرِّthe pearls لَمnot أَنَلكِI attain you وَلَوand if نِلattained…
جَوهَرَ الدُرِّ لَم أَنَلكِ وَلَو نِل
تُكِ…I … you (verb suffixes) كُنتِyou would be الغِنىwealth وَكُنتِand you would be الفَلاحاsuccess
تُكِ كُنتِ الغِنى وَكُنتِ الفَلاحا
O jewel of pearls, I have not won you; and if I won
I didn't attain the essence of pearls, even if I did
You, you would be riches, and you would be success.
With you I was wealthy, with you I prospered
كَيفَhow لَمnot تَذكُريyou remember الرَسولَthe messenger إِلَيناto us
كَيفَ لَم تَذكُري الرَسولَ إِلَينا
وَقُعوديand my sitting إِلَيكِtoward you أَرعىI watch for الصَباحاthe morning
وَقُعودي إِلَيكِ أَرعى الصَباحا
How could you not remember the messenger to us,
How could you not remember the messenger between us
And how I sat waiting for you, watching for dawn?
As I sit waiting for you, herding the morning
يَشتَهيdesires قُربَكِnearness to you الفُؤادُthe heart وَلَكِنand yet
يَشتَهي قُربَكِ الفُؤادُ وَلَكِن
لاnot تُبالينَهُyou heed it وَيَأبىand it refuses اِنتِصاحاaccepting advice
لا تُبالينَهُ وَيَأبى اِنتِصاحا
The heart desires your nearness, and yet
My heart desires your nearness, but
You pay it no heed, and it refuses to heed advice.
You don't care for it, refusing consolation
ذَهَبَتwent نَظرَتيmy glance إِلَيكِtoward you بِنَفسيwith my soul
ذَهَبَت نَظرَتي إِلَيكِ بِنَفسي
وَنَمىand reported الحُبُّlove عَنabout فُؤاديmy heart فَباحاso it spoke openly
وَنَمى الحُبُّ عَن فُؤادي فَباحا
My glance toward you carried away my soul,
My gaze went to you, with my soul
And love told on my heart and spoke openly,
And love sprouted in my heart, thriving
يَومَthe day أُذريI shed إِلَيكِtoward you مِنfrom حَذَرِfear of الفُرthe separation (first part)
يَومَ أُذري إِلَيكِ مِن حَذَرِ الفُر
قَةِ(completes 'separation') دَمعيmy tears وَقَدand already عَزَمتُI resolved الرَواحاdeparture
قَةِ دَمعي وَقَد عَزَمتُ الرَواحا
The day I shed toward you, for fear of separation,
The day I shed to you tears of separation
My tears, when I had resolved to depart.
I was determined to depart
نورُlight عَينيmy eye لَوif كانَthere were ليfor me مِنكِfrom you فيin السِتsecrecy (first part)
نورُ عَيني لَو كانَ لي مِنكِ في السِت
رِ(completes 'secrecy') لَعيبٌdalliance شَفَيتُI would heal مِنّيfrom me قَراحاwounds
رِ لَعيبٌ شَفَيتُ مِنّي قَراحا
O light of my eye, if I had from you, in secret,
The light of my eyes - if I had any blame from you
Some dalliance, I would heal the wounds within me.
I would be healed of my wounds
أَسلَمَتنيit surrendered me عَينيmy eye إِلَيكِto you وَقالَتand it said
أَسلَمَتني عَيني إِلَيكِ وَقالَت
لَوif تَعَزّىhe consoled himself بِالصَبرِwith patience عَنكِaway from you اِستَراحاhe would find rest
لَو تَعَزّى بِالصَبرِ عَنكِ اِستَراحا
My eye surrendered me to you and said:
My eyes surrendered me to you, and said
If he took comfort in patience without you, he would find rest.
If only you could find solace in patience from me
وَمِنَand among المُشتَكىcauses for complaint سُلُوُّكِyour forgetting عَنّيabout me
وَمِنَ المُشتَكى سُلُوُّكِ عَنّي
وَاِشتِياقيand my longing قَدindeed اِفتَضَحتُI have been disgraced اِفتِضاحاutter disgrace
وَاِشتِياقي قَد اِفتَضَحتُ اِفتِضاحا
And among my complaints is your forgetting me,
Of those who complain of your distance from me
And my longing—I have been utterly disgraced.
And my longing, I have been utterly disgraced
Sol 6.1