ألاAh! حيّgreet قَبلَbefore البينthe parting أمUmm (mother of) حَبيبHabib
ألا حيّ قَبلَ البين أم حَبيب
وَإنand even if لَمnot تَكُنshe is مناfrom us غَداًtomorrow بِقَريبnear
وَإن لَم تَكُن منا غَداً بِقَريب
Ah, greet Umm Habib before parting,
Oh the living before the separation, or the beloved!
Even if she will not be near us tomorrow.
And if tomorrow you will not be close to us,
لَئِنif indeed لَمnot تَكُنbe حُبّيكmy love for you حباa love صدقتهI have been true to it
لَئِن لَم تَكُن حُبّيك حبا صدقته
فَماthen not احدanyone عِنديto me اِذنthen بِحَبيبbeloved
فَما احد عِندي اِذن بِحَبيب
If my love for you is not a love I have been true to,
If your love for me was not true love indeed,
Then no one is dear to me.
Then no one with me has the ear of a lover.
تهامa man of Tihamah اصابَتsmote قَلبَهhis heart مَلَلِّيهa woman of Malal
تهام اصابَت قَلبَه مَلَلِّيه
غَريبa stranger الهَوىlove ياO وَيحalas for كلevery غَريبstranger
غَريب الهَوى يا وَيح كل غَريب
A man of Tihamah, whose heart a woman of Malal has smitten—
Afflictions have touched his heart,
A stranger in love—alas for every stranger!
Strange is passion - oh woe to every stranger!
Sol 6.1