سألتُI asked رفيقيmy companion لماذاwhy أراكَI see you
سألتُ رفيقي لماذا أراكَ
تسيرُyou walk وحيداalone بِوَجهٍwith a face حزينْsorrowful؟
تسيرُ وحيدا بِوَجهٍ حزينْ؟
I asked my companion: Why do I see you
I asked my friend, why do I see you
walking alone with a sorrowful face?
Walking alone with a sad face?
كزهرٍlike a flower ترنّحswayed فوقabove الروابيthe hills
كزهرٍ ترنّح فوق الروابي
يُقاسيendures الرياحَthe winds وبردَand the cold of السنينْthe years
يُقاسي الرياحَ وبردَ السنينْ
Like a flower that swayed atop the hills,
Like a flower sighing over the meadows
enduring the winds and the cold of the years.
Enduring the winds and the cold of years
فقالso he said همومٌworries تُحاصِرُbesiege قلبيmy heart
فقال همومٌ تُحاصِرُ قلبي
فكيفَso how الخلاصُrelease وقلبيwhile my heart سجينْa prisoner؟!
فكيفَ الخلاصُ وقلبي سجينْ؟!
So he said: Worries besiege my heart;
He said, worries besiege my heart
how, then, can I find release while my heart is a prisoner?
So how can I be saved when my heart is a prisoner?!
همَستُI whispered إليهِto him: سيُرضيكَwill make you content ربيmy Lord
همَستُ إليهِ: سيُرضيكَ ربي
فكنso be ياO رفيقيmy companion مِنamong الصابرينْthose who are patient
فكن يا رفيقي مِن الصابرينْ
I whispered to him: My Lord will bring you contentment,
I whispered to him: Your Lord will please you
so be, my companion, among those who are patient.
So my friend, be among the patient
سيمضيwill pass الأسىsorrow وتزولُand will vanish الهمومthe worries
سيمضي الأسى وتزولُ الهموم
ويرحلُand will depart عنكَfrom you المساءُthe evening الحزينْsorrowful
ويرحلُ عنكَ المساءُ الحزينْ
Sorrow will pass, and worries will vanish,
The sorrow will pass and worries will fade
and the sorrowful evening will depart from you.
And the sad evening will leave you
ففوقَfor above السماءِthe sky إِلهٌa God كريمٌgenerous
ففوقَ السماءِ إِلهٌ كريمٌ
يجيبُanswers الدعاءَprayer ولوeven if بعدafter حينْa while
يجيبُ الدعاءَ ولو بعد حينْ
For above the sky is a generous God,
For above the sky is a Kind God
who answers prayer, even after a while.
Who answers prayers even if after a while
Sol 6.1