تُرى تَسمَحُ الأَيّامُ لي أَن أَراكُمُ
وَأَشكو غَرامي مُنذُ شَطَّت نواكُمُ
Will the days, I wonder, allow me to see you
Will the days allow me to see you again
and lament my passion since you went far away?
And pour out my love since you left?
وَأَعظَمُ ما أَلقاهُ أَنّيَ لَم أَجِد
لِقَلبي سلوّاً عَنكُمُ بِسِواكُمُ
And my greatest suffering is that I have found
My greatest agony is that I could not find
no solace in anyone else for my heart's longing for you.
Solace for my heart except through you.
فَيالَيتَ أَنّي لَم أَكُن بِنتُ عَنكُمُ
وَيا لَيتَ أَنّي ما عَرَفتُ هَواكُمُ
So, if only I had never parted from you,
If only I had not been away from you
and oh, if only I had never known love for you!
If only I had not known this passion for you
وَإِنّي لأَرضى أَن أَموتَ صَبابَةً
إِذا كانَ مَوتي في الهَوى مِن رِضاكُمُ
And I would indeed be content to die of longing,
Yet I would be content to die young
if my death from love would please you.
If my death would please you, my love.
فَإِن تَسمَعوا يَوماً بِمَن ماتَ حَسرَةً
وَشَوقاً إِلى الأَحبابِ إِنّي لذاكُمُ
So if one day you hear of someone who died of sorrow
So if you hear one day of one who died of sorrow
and yearning for loved ones—indeed, I am that one.
And longing for her beloved, know that is me
أَراكُم بِقَلبي حَيثُ كُنتُم تَفَكُّراً
وَإِن لَم تَكُن عَيني بِرَغمي تَراكُمُ
In thought I see you with my heart, wherever you are,
I see you in my heart wherever my thoughts turn
even though, against my will, my eye does not see you.
Even if my eyes against my will cannot see you
Sol 6.1