هَنيئاًJoy be yours! غَدَوتُمyou have come to be فيin رِياضِgardens مَسَرّةٍdelight
هَنيئاً غَدَوتُم في رِياضِ مَسَرّةٍ
بطلعتكمthrough your presence تاهَتthey boasted عَلىover جَنةِthe Garden الخُلدِeternity
بطلعتكم تاهَت عَلى جَنةِ الخُلدِ
Joy be yours: you are now in gardens of delight;
Through your presence, they boast of surpassing the Garden of Eternity.
فَمَنso who ليfor me بهاتيكَwith those الرِّياضِgardens وَحسنهاand their beauty
فَمَن لي بهاتيكَ الرِّياضِ وَحسنها
وَمَنand who ليfor me بِذاكwith that اللَحنِmelody وَالعطرِand perfume وَالندِّand incense
وَمَن لي بِذاك اللَحنِ وَالعطرِ وَالندِّ
So who will grant me those gardens and their beauty?
And who will grant me that melody, perfume, and incense?
وَمَنand who ليfor me بِذاكَwith that الأُنسِcompanionship بَلindeed هُوَit مُنيَتيmy desire
وَمَن لي بِذاكَ الأُنسِ بَل هُوَ مُنيَتي
إِذاif حزتهI attain it لَمnot يَبقَremain مِنany مُنيةٍwish عِنديwith me
إِذا حزته لَم يَبقَ مِن مُنيةٍ عِندي
And who will grant me that companionship? Indeed, it is my desire:
If I attain it, I shall have no further wish.
إِذاif ضَمّنيbrings me together يَوماًone day وَإِيَّاكand you مَجلِسٌa gathering
إِذا ضَمّني يَوماً وَإِيَّاك مَجلِسٌ
تَشاغلbecomes absorbed فيin مَعناكyour essence عَنaway from غَيرِهِanything besides it رشديmy reason
تَشاغل في مَعناك عَن غَيرِهِ رشدي
If one day a gathering brings you and me together,
My reason becomes absorbed in your essence, heedless of all else.
Sol 6.1