ذَكَرْتُكَI remembered you بِالْعُودِwith the oud (lute) عَانَقْتُهُI embraced it
ذَكَرْتُكَ بِالْعُودِ عَانَقْتُهُ
وَدَمْعِيand my tears مِنْfrom مُقْلَتِيmy eye يَسْتَبِقْrace forth
وَدَمْعِي مِنْ مُقْلَتِي يَسْتَبِقْ
I remembered you as I embraced the oud,
I remembered you with the lute, embracing it
And my tears raced from my eye.
And my tears from my eyelids outpacing
أَضُمَّI press close إِلَىto جَسَدِيmy body مَاwhat ضَمَمْclasped (continued in the next line)
أَضُمَّ إِلَى جَسَدِي مَا ضَمَمْ
تُI (suffix completing the preceding verb) مِنْهُof it وَأَلْزَمُهُand I cling to it مُعْتَنِقْembracing
تُ مِنْهُ وَأَلْزَمُهُ مُعْتَنِقْ
I press to my body what I have clasped
I press to my body what you pressed
Of it, and cling to it in an embrace.
And make it cling, embraced
وَأَعْجَبُand I marvel مِنْهُat it إِذَاwhen مَاemphatic particle دَنَاit drew near
وَأَعْجَبُ مِنْهُ إِذَا مَا دَنَا
إِلَىto كَبِدِيmy liver كَيْفَhow لاَnot يَحْتَرِقْit burns
إِلَى كَبِدِي كَيْفَ لاَ يَحْتَرِقْ
And I marvel at it when it draws near
And I'm amazed when it comes near
To my liver—how does it not burn?
To my liver, how it does not burn
Sol 6.1