اللَهُ يَعلَمُ وَالأَيّامُ دائِرَةٌ

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ وَالأَيّامُ دائِرَةٌ

وَالمَرءُ ما بَينَ إيحاشٍ وَإِيناسِ

وَالمَرءُ ما بَينَ إيحاشٍ وَإِيناسِ

God knows—as the days turn,

God knows and the days go round

And man lives between loneliness and companionship—

And man is between shying and easing forward

أَنّي أُحِبُّكِ حُبّاً لَو تَضَمَّنَهُ

أَنّي أُحِبُّكِ حُبّاً لَو تَضَمَّنَهُ

سَلمى سُمِيُّكِ دُكَّ الشاهِقُ الراسي

سَلمى سُمِيُّكِ دُكَّ الشاهِقُ الراسي

That I love you with a love that, were it borne by

Verily I love you with a love that if

Salma, your namesake, would shatter that lofty, firmly rooted mountain.

It were embodied, the tall towering mountain would crumble

حُبّاً تَلَبَّسَ بِالأَحشاءِ فَاِمتَزَجا

حُبّاً تَلَبَّسَ بِالأَحشاءِ فَاِمتَزَجا

تَمازُجَ الماءِ بِالصَهباءِ في الكَأسِ

تَمازُجَ الماءِ بِالصَهباءِ في الكَأسِ

A love that entwined itself with my entrails, so the two mingled

A love that has penetrated my entrails and commingled

As water mingles with tawny wine in the cup.

Like the commingling of water and milk in a cup