كانت إلى دهري لي حاجةٌ

كانت إلى دهري لي حاجةٌ

مقرونةٌ في البعد بالمشتري

مقرونةٌ في البعد بالمشتري

I had a request to make of my fate,

I had a desire for so long

I had a longing that I sought from Fate,

Linked in its remoteness with Jupiter.

Coupled with distance like a buyer

As far away as Jupiter in the distant heavens;

فساقها باللطف حتى إذا

فساقها باللطف حتى إذا

كانت من القرب على محجر

كانت من القرب على محجر

So fate gently brought it near, until, when

He led it gently until when

Yet Fate gently guided it near, until

It was so close, at the rim of my eye,

It came near at hand

It drew as close as the edge of the eye,

أبعدها عني فعادت كأن

أبعدها عني فعادت كأن

لم تبد للعين ولم تظهر

لم تبد للعين ولم تظهر

Fate drew it away from me, and again it was as though

He sent it away from me, so it was as though

Then cast it far from me, returning as though

It had never appeared to the eye or shown itself.

It did not appear to the eye nor emerge

It had never appeared to the eye, nor ever been seen.