أَرىI see كُلَّevery أَرضٍland دُستُI trod فيهاon it وَإِنand even though مَضَتhave passed
أَرى كُلَّ أَرضٍ دُستُ فيها وَإِن مَضَت
لَهاover it حِجَجٌyears يَزدادُgrows طيباًin fragrance تُرابُهاits soil
لَها حِجَجٌ يَزدادُ طيباً تُرابُها
I see that every land I have trodden, though there have passed
I see every land where my beloved walked
years over it, has soil that grows ever more fragrant.
Though she is gone, still her traces remain
أَلَمdid ... not? تَعلَمَنyou know (emphatic) ياO رَبِّmy Lord أَنthat رُبَّmany a دَعوَةٍprayer
أَلَم تَعلَمَن يا رَبِّ أَن رُبَّ دَعوَةٍ
دَعَوتُكَI called upon You فيهاin it مُخلِصاًsincerely لَوif only أُجابُهاI receive an answer to it
دَعَوتُكَ فيها مُخلِصاً لَو أُجابُها
Did You not know, O my Lord, how many a prayer
Fragrant as musk, enriching the sand
I offered You sincerely—if only it were answered for me!
Don't you know, my Lord, that each prayer
فَأُقسِمُso I swear لَوif أَنّيthat I أَرىI see نَسَباًkinship لَهاto her
فَأُقسِمُ لَو أَنّي أَرى نَسَباً لَها
ذُبابَflies الفَلاthe wilderness حَنَّتwould yearn إِلَيَّfor me ذُبابُهاits flies
ذُبابَ الفَلا حَنَّت إِلَيَّ ذُبابُها
So I swear: if I saw any kinship to her in
Uttered sincerely, hoping you would answer
the flies of the wilderness, its flies would yearn for me.
If I saw her people, even a fly of theirs
لَعَمرُby the life of أَبيthe father of لَيلىLayla لَئِنif indeed هِيَshe أَصبَحَتhas come to be
لَعَمرُ أَبي لَيلى لَئِن هِيَ أَصبَحَت
بِواديin the valley of القُرىthe villages ماnot ضَرَّharmed غَيريanyone but me اِغتِرابُهاher being far away
بِوادي القُرى ما ضَرَّ غَيري اِغتِرابُها
By the life of Layla's father, if she is now
By my father's life, even if Layla stays
in Wadi al-Qura, her being far away has harmed no one but me.
In Wadi al-Qura, no exile hurts me but mine
Sol 6.1