مرتاحat ease أحبكI love you ولاand not علمتI made it known
مرتاح أحبك ولا علمت
حتىeven انتyou عييتI refused أبينto reveal لكto you
حتى انت عييت أبين لك
I'm content to love you, and I've told no one;
I miss you though you don't know
not even you—I refused to reveal it to you.
Until you saw my suffering
والبارحهand last night يومwhen أناI سلمتgreeted
والبارحه يوم أنا سلمت
شكيتI wondered لوwhether عينيmy eye تدلكwould show you
شكيت لو عيني تدلك
And last night, when I greeted you,
And yesterday when I bid farewell
I wondered if my eyes might reveal it to you.
As if telling your eyes my sorrows
برقlightning لمعflashed بالعيونin the eyes وخفتand I feared
برق لمع بالعيون وخفت
مواجعaches القلبthe heart توصلreach لكto you
مواجع القلب توصل لك
Lightning flashed in my eyes, and I feared
Lightening flashed in my eyes and I feared
the heart's aches would reach you.
The heartaches reaching you
عساكI hope you فيin ناظريmy gaze ماشفتdid not see
عساك في ناظري ماشفت
كيفhow المعاليقthe heartstrings يومنbeckon لكto you
كيف المعاليق يومن لك
I hope you did not see in my gaze
May you not have seen in my eyes
how my heartstrings beckon to you.
How they yearn for you
منout of خوفتيmy fear لاlest احترقI burn جنبتI kept away
من خوفتي لا احترق جنبت
هربتI fled منfrom شمسكyour sun لظلكto your shade
هربت من شمسك لظلك
Afraid I might burn, I kept away;
Out of fear of burning, I avoided
I fled from your sun to your shade.
Escaped your sun into your shade
أخشىI fear عليكfor you الهوىlove لوif طحتyou fall
أخشى عليك الهوى لو طحت
ماتلنيwhat pulled me يمكtoward you يتلكwill pull you
ماتلني يمك يتلك
I fear for you if you fall in love;
I fear for you if love makes you slip
what pulled me toward you will pull you too.
Don't let your beauty make you vain
أبيI want قليلكa little of you ولاand whenever حصلتI obtain
أبي قليلك ولا حصلت
بعضكa part of you تركنيit leaves me معwith كلكall of you
بعضك تركني مع كلك
I want a little of you, and whenever I gain
I want just a little of you, not everything
a part of you, it leaves me with all of you.
Some of you leaves me with all of you
ماnot ادريI know صوابright أوor خطاwrong ماwhat قلتI said
ما ادري صواب أو خطا ما قلت
إنكthat you are حبيبيmy beloved واناand I am خلكyour beloved
إنك حبيبي وانا خلك
I don't know whether what I said was right or wrong:
I know not if I spoke right or wrong
that you are my beloved, and I am yours.
That you're my beloved and I'm your servant
Sol 6.1