أحبابناour beloved ones لوif لقيتمyou experienced فيduring إقامتكمyour stay
أحبابنا لو لقيتم في إقامتكم
منof الصبابةthe ardent longing ماwhat لاقيتُI experienced فيduring ظعنيmy departure
من الصبابة ما لاقيتُ في ظعني
Our beloved ones, had you felt during your stay
If in your dwelling-place, O friends, you find
the ardent longing I felt upon departing,
The youths for whom in vain I sigh and pine,
لأصبحwould surely become البحرthe sea منfrom أنفاسكمyour breaths يبساًdry land
لأصبح البحر من أنفاسكم يبساً
والبرand the land منfrom أدمعيmy tears ينشقis cleft بالسفنby ships
والبر من أدمعي ينشق بالسفن
the sea would have become dry land from your sighs,
Then from your breaths will ocean dry away,
and the land, from my tears, would be cleft by ships.
And from my tears will spring full many a bay.
Sol 6.1