راسَلتُI sent word مَنthe one whom أَهواهُI love أَطلُبُI ask for زَورَةًa visit
راسَلتُ مَن أَهواهُ أَطلُبُ زَورَةً
فَأَجابَنيso he answered me أَوَbut ...? لَستَyou are not فيin رَمَضانِRamadan
فَأَجابَني أَوَ لَستَ في رَمَضانِ
I sent word to the one I love, asking for a visit.
I wrote to the one I love seeking a visit
So he answered me: “But are you not in Ramadan?”
He replied, "Is it not the month of Ramadan?"
فَأَجَبتُهُso I answered him وَالقَلبُwhile the heart يَخفِقُthrobs صَبوَةًwith passionate longing
فَأَجَبتُهُ وَالقَلبُ يَخفِقُ صَبوَةً
أَتَصومُdo you fast? عنfrom بِرٍّkindness وَعَنand from اِحسانِbenevolence
أَتَصومُ عن بِرٍّ وَعَن اِحسانِ
So I answered him, my heart throbbing with longing:
I answered, my heart pounding with passion
“Do you fast from kindness and benevolence?
"Do you fast from kindness and doing good?"
صمfast اِنif أَرَدتَyou wish تَحَرُّجاًscrupulousness وَتَعَفُّفاًand self-restraint
صم اِن أَرَدتَ تَحَرُّجاً وَتَعَفُّفاً
عَنfrom أَنthat تكدَّyou torment الصَبَّthe lovesick lover بِالهِجرانwith abandonment
عَن أَن تكدَّ الصَبَّ بِالهِجران
Fast, if you seek scrupulousness and self-restraint,
Fast if you wish from meeting out of shyness
from tormenting the lovesick lover with abandonment.
Of revealing the love that rages within
أَوor لاnot فَزرنيthen visit me وَالظَلامُwhile darkness مُجَلِّلenveloping
أَو لا فَزرني وَالظَلامُ مُجَلِّل
وَاِحسَبهُand count it يَوماًa day مَرَّpassed فيin شَعبانِSha'ban
وَاِحسَبهُ يَوماً مَرَّ في شَعبانِ
Or else, visit me while darkness envelops all,
Or don't - come see me while dark covers all
and count it as a day that passed in Sha'ban.”
And count it a day gone by in Sha'ban
Sol 6.1