لمnot تزلyou cease تهجرنيyou forsake me منذfor سنينyears
لم تزل تهجرني منذ سنين
ليتنيif only I أنعمmight enjoy يوماًone day برضاكْwith your favor
ليتني أنعم يوماً برضاكْ
You have gone on forsaking me for years
You have kept forsaking me for years.
If only I might enjoy your favor for a day
If only I could one day enjoy your favor.
كنتُI was فيin روضٍa garden أنيقlovely فإذاwhen behold
كنتُ في روضٍ أنيق فإذا
بحبيبينwith two lovers منamong الطيرthe birds هناكْthere
بحبيبين من الطير هناكْ
I was in a lovely garden, when suddenly
I was in a lovely garden, when behold—
there were two lovers among the birds
Two lovers among the birds were there.
إنif هماthe two of them طاراthey both fly يكونانthey both are معاًtogether
إن هما طارا يكونان معاً
ومعاًand together لفَّهماenfolded them both دوحspreading trees الأَراكthe arak
ومعاً لفَّهما دوح الأَراك
Whenever they flew, they flew together
If the two take wing, they are together,
and together the arak boughs enfolded them
And the spreading arak trees enfolded them together.
ليتناif only we ياO هاجريmy forsaker مثلهماlike them both
ليتنا يا هاجري مثلهما
فيin تعاطيناour sharing الهوىlove لكنbut أراكI see you
في تعاطينا الهوى لكن أراك
If only we, my deserter, were like them
If only we, O you who forsake me, were like them
in sharing love—but I see you...
In our sharing of love—but I see that you
لمnot تزلyou cease تهجرنيyou forsake me منذfor سنينyears
لم تزل تهجرني منذ سنين
ليتنيif only I أنعمُmight enjoy يوماًone day برضاكwith your favor
ليتني أنعمُ يوماً برضاك
You have gone on forsaking me for years
Have kept forsaking me for years.
If only I might enjoy your favor for a day
If only I could one day enjoy your favor.
ههناhere نرجسةٌa narcissus قبَّلهاkissed her
ههنا نرجسةٌ قبَّلها
عاشقa lover هامwas enraptured بهاwith her يُدعىis called نسيمْNasim (Breeze)
عاشق هام بها يُدعى نسيمْ
Here is a narcissus; she was kissed by
Here a narcissus was kissed
a lover infatuated with her, called the Breeze
By a lover smitten with her, called Nasim—the Breeze.
منحتهshe gave him طيبهاher fragrance يشفيhe heals بهwith it
منحته طيبها يشفي به
كلَّevery ذيone with قلبٍa heart منfrom الهجرseparation سقيمailing
كلَّ ذي قلبٍ من الهجر سقيم
She gave him her fragrance, with which he heals
She gave him her fragrance, with which he heals
every heart made sick by separation
Each one whose heart is sick from separation.
ليتناif only we ياO هاجريmy forsaker مثلهماlike them both
ليتنا يا هاجري مثلهما
فيin تساقيناour giving each other drink الهوىlove لكنbut أراكI see you
في تساقينا الهوى لكن أراك
If only we, my deserter, were like them
If only we, O you who forsake me, were like them
giving each other love to drink—but I see you...
In giving one another love to drink—but I see that you
لمnot تزلyou cease تهجرنيyou forsake me منذfor سنينyears
لم تزل تهجرني منذ سنين
ليتنيif only I أنعمmight enjoy يوماًone day برضاكwith your favor
ليتني أنعم يوماً برضاك
You have gone on forsaking me for years
Have kept forsaking me for years.
If only I might enjoy your favor for a day
If only I could one day enjoy your favor.
فيin ظلامdarkness الليلthe night لاحتappeared نجمةٌa star
في ظلام الليل لاحت نجمةٌ
وهناand here نجمٌa star إليهاtoward her مُطرِقاwith his head bowed
وهنا نجمٌ إليها مُطرِقا
In the darkness of night, a star appeared
In the darkness of night, a star appeared,
and here another star stood before her, head bowed
And here was a star, his head bowed toward her.
ياO حبيبbeloved الروحthe soul هاlook! إنّهماindeed, the two of them
يا حبيب الروح ها إنّهما
فيin عتابreproach وانقضىand it ended فاعتنقاso they embraced each other
في عتاب وانقضى فاعتنقا
O beloved of my soul, behold—the two of them
O beloved of my soul, look—the two of them
were reproaching each other; it ended, and they embraced
Were exchanging reproaches; that ended, and they embraced.
ليتناif only we ياO هاجريmy forsaker مثلهماlike them both
ليتنا يا هاجري مثلهما
فيin تشاكيناour complaining to each other الهوىlove لكنbut أراكI see you
في تشاكينا الهوى لكن أراك
If only we, my deserter, were like them
If only we, O you who forsake me, were like them
confiding love’s complaints to each other—but I see you...
In confiding love's woes to one another—but I see that you
لمnot تزلyou cease تهجرنيyou forsake me منذfor سنينyears
لم تزل تهجرني منذ سنين
ليتنيif only I أنعمmight enjoy يوماًone day برضاكwith your favor
ليتني أنعم يوماً برضاك
You have gone on forsaking me for years
Have kept forsaking me for years.
If only I might enjoy your favor for a day
If only I could one day enjoy your favor.
شملencompassed الكونَthe universe الرضىcontentment حتىuntil غداbecame
شمل الكونَ الرضى حتى غدا
وهوand it is طيبfragrance وجمالand beauty وصفاand serenity
وهو طيب وجمال وصفا
Contentment encompassed the universe until it became
Contentment encompassed the universe, until it became
all sweetness, beauty, and serenity
All fragrance, beauty, and serenity.
ياO مَلولَfickle القلبof heart ماnot فيin الكونthe universe منْany
يا مَلولَ القلب ما في الكون منْ
عاشقينtwo lovers اثنينtwo الاَّexcept ائتلفاthey both found harmony
عاشقين اثنين الاَّ ائتلفا
O much-reproached heart, nowhere in the universe are there
O fickle-hearted one, nowhere in the universe are
two lovers who have not come together in harmony
Two lovers who have not come together in harmony.
فمتىso when ياO هرجيunclear; likely 'my forsaker' منكfrom you الرضىfavor
فمتى يا هرجي منك الرضى
ومتىand when يصفواbecomes clear الهوىlove لكنbut أراكْI see you
ومتى يصفوا الهوى لكن أراكْ
So when, my deserter, will your favor be mine?
So when, O [my forsaker?], will your favor come?
And when will love run clear? But I see you...
And when will love grow clear? But I see that you
لمnot تزلyou cease تهجرنيyou forsake me منذfor سنينyears
لم تزل تهجرني منذ سنين
ليتنيif only I أنعمmight enjoy يوماًone day برضاكْwith your favor
ليتني أنعم يوماً برضاكْ
You have gone on forsaking me for years
Have kept forsaking me for years.
If only I might enjoy your favor for a day
If only I could one day enjoy your favor.
Sol 6.1