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Stand by the sand dune

قف بالكثيب

1. Stand by the sand dune
And say to those with lingering regrets

١. قِف بالكَثيب
وقل لمن طال عتبه

2. With sweet yearning
Cheeks red as myrrh berries

٢. عذب الشَنيب
خدن الرَشا وتِربه

3. Pray, my beloved
Whose heart you have conquered

٣. صل يا رَبيب
صبّاً ملكتَ قَلبَه

4. And hear the wondrous
Words of one burdened by sorrow

٤. واِسمع عجيب
مقال من زاد كربَه

5. How sweet is my love
When his passion is reconciled

٥. ما أَحلى الحبيب
إذا تلافى صبَّه

6. Such coldness
And estrangement, my redeemer

٦. كَم ذا الجَفا
والهجر يا مفدّى

7. Has it not been enough
That wasted my body so

٧. أَما كَفى
ما هدَّ جسمي هدّا

8. Surely faithfulness
With the submissive is best

٨. إِنَّ الوفا
بالمستهام أَجدى

9. So allow your healer
To reunite you and do not begrudge him

٩. فاِسمح بطبيب
وصلك ولا تبخل به

10. How sweet is my love
When his passion is reconciled

١٠. ما أَحلى الحبيب
إذا تلافى صبَّه

11. My sleep is deceptive
Since the day I tasted your rejection

١١. نومي غِرار
من يوم ذقت صدَّك

12. And tears flow
Down my cheeks after you

١٢. والدَمعُ جار
على الخدود بعدك

13. So come closer to me
Lest I taste the bitter sting of your loss

١٣. فأدن المزار
لا ذقت مُرَّ فقدك

14. For the gloomy one
Is near to being done with his sorrows

١٤. إنَّ الكئيب
قد كادَ يقضي نحبَه

15. How sweet is my love
When his passion is reconciled

١٥. ما أَحلى الحبيب
إذا تلافى صبَّه

16. You are my purpose
And my intended destination

١٦. أَنتَ المنى
وأَنتَ غايةُ قصدي

17. What curve or bend
In the roads of al-Najd?

١٧. ما المنحنى
وما منازِلُ نجدِ

18. So heal my agony
And cure my lovesick heart

١٨. فاِشفِ الضَنى
وداوِ سقمَ وجدي

19. And allow your healer
To remedy me for you are the cure

١٩. وصلك طَبيب
دائي وأنتَ طبَّه

20. How sweet is my love
When his passion is reconciled

٢٠. ما أَحلى الحبيب
إذا تلافى صبَّه