ياO منyou who لهاfor her الأشواقُlongings تسريflow فيin دميmy blood
يا من لها الأشواقُ تسري في دمي
هلdo تسمعينyou hear توجّعيmy anguish وندائيand my call؟
هل تسمعين توجّعي وندائي؟
O you for whom longings course through my blood,
O you for whom my longing flows in my blood
Do you hear my anguish and my call?
Do you hear my torment and my call?
مازالhas not ceased يؤنسنيcomforts me خيالكِyour image كُلّماwhenever
مازال يؤنسني خيالكِ كُلّما
فاضتoverflowed بيَwithin me الذكرىmemory وطالand grew long عنائيmy suffering
فاضت بيَ الذكرى وطال عنائي
Your image still comforts me whenever
Your image still comforts me whenever
Memory floods through me and my suffering drags on.
Memories overflow in me and my suffering is prolonged
لاdo not تحسبيthink أنيthat I نسيتكِforgot you لحظةًfor a moment
لا تحسبي أني نسيتكِ لحظةً
ولتسأليand ask وجديmy yearning وطولand the length of بكائيmy weeping
ولتسألي وجدي وطول بكائي
Do not think I have forgotten you for a moment;
Do not think that I forgot you for a moment
And ask my yearning and my long weeping.
Ask my passion and the length of my crying
واللهِby God ماnot لهجَuttered اللسانُthe tongue بدعوةٍwith a prayer
واللهِ ما لهجَ اللسانُ بدعوةٍ
إلاexcept that ذكرتُكِI mentioned you فيin حروفthe letters of دعائيmy supplication
إلا ذكرتُكِ في حروف دعائي
By God, my tongue has never uttered a prayer
By Allah, my tongue invokes no prayer
Without my mentioning you in the letters of my supplication.
Except I mention you in the letters of my supplication
أرجوهُI hope in Him والقلبُand the heart المتيّمُlove-stricken موقنٌcertain
أرجوهُ والقلبُ المتيّمُ موقنٌ
أنthat الذيthe One whom أدعوهُI call upon Him فوقَabove رجائيmy hope
أن الذي أدعوهُ فوقَ رجائي
I place my hope in Him, and my love-stricken heart is certain
I hope for it while my enamored heart is certain
That the One I call upon is greater than my hopes.
That He to whom I pray above my hopes
علّperhaps الذيthe One who زرعَsowed التنائيَseparation بينناbetween us
علّ الذي زرعَ التنائيَ بيننا
يوماًone day يُطيّبُsoothes خاطريmy spirit بلقاءِwith a meeting
يوماً يُطيّبُ خاطري بلقاءِ
Perhaps the One who sowed separation between us
Will one day please my heart by our meeting
Will one day soothe my spirit with a meeting.
And if the Merciful decrees that we do not meet
فإذاand if قضىdecreed الرحمنُthe Most Merciful ألّاthat ... not نلتقيwe meet
فإذا قضى الرحمنُ ألّا نلتقي
فلتكتبيthen write قلبيmy heart معwith الشهداءِthe martyrs
فلتكتبي قلبي مع الشهداءِ
And if the Most Merciful decrees that we shall not meet,
Then register my heart among the martyrs
Then inscribe my heart among the martyrs.
Partial English translation: 13 of 14 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1