لَو أَستَطيعُ سَكَبتُ رو

لَو أَستَطيعُ سَكَبتُ رو

حي خَمرَةً في كاسِها

حي خَمرَةً في كاسِها

If I could, I would pour my soul

If I could, I would pour my soul

as wine into her cup,

As wine into her cup,

حَتّى إِذا حالَ النَوى

حَتّى إِذا حالَ النَوى

بَيني وَبَينَ كِناسِها

بَيني وَبَينَ كِناسِها

so that, when separation came

So that if separation intervened

between me and her lair,

Between me and her sanctuary,

وَتَجاهَلَت أَو أَنكَرَت

وَتَجاهَلَت أَو أَنكَرَت

أَمي لَدى جُلّاسِها

أَمي لَدى جُلّاسِها

and she feigned ignorance or denied

And she feigned ignorance or denied

my mother before her companions,

My presence among her company,

أَطَلتُ مِن أَجفانِها

أَطَلتُ مِن أَجفانِها

وَجَرَيتُ مَع أَنفاسِها

وَجَرَيتُ مَع أَنفاسِها

I would peer out from her eyelids

I would look out from within her eyelids,

and flow with her breaths.

And flow along with her breaths.