قالتshe said: ألَمhave ... not? تشتقyou yearned؟ فقلتُso I said لهاto her: بلىindeed, I have
قالت: ألَم تشتق؟ فقلتُ لها: بلى
لكنَّbut ليI have فيin الشوقِlonging أحلىsweetest فلسفهphilosophy
لكنَّ لي في الشوقِ أحلى فلسفه
She said, 'Have you not yearned?' So I said to her, 'Indeed I have.'
She asked, "Did you not yearn?" I said, "Yes,
But in longing, I have the sweetest philosophy:
But yearning has for me a sweeter philosophy:
أنأىI draw away ؛ لأظمأَso that I thirst للِّقاءِfor reunion مُجدَّدًاanew
أنأى ؛ لأظمأَ للِّقاءِ مُجدَّدًا
فأعودthen I return أحملُI carry خافقيmy heart وتلهُّفَهand its yearning
فأعود أحملُ خافقي وتلهُّفَه
I draw away to thirst anew for reunion,
To keep my distance, and thirst anew for the meeting,
Then I return, bearing my heart and its yearning.
That I may return with heart astir and longing afresh.
Sol 6.1