أحبكI love you ياO أسماAsma محبةthe love of ماجدٍa noble man
أحبك يا أسما محبة ماجدٍ
أمينٍtrustworthy علىtoward جيرانهhis neighbors غيرnot خائنِtreacherous
أمينٍ على جيرانه غير خائنِ
I love you, O Asma, with a noble man's love,
I love you, O Asma, with the love of Majid
trustworthy toward his neighbors, never treacherous;
Who is faithful to his neighbors, not betraying
قريبclose منto التقوىpiety بعيدfar منfrom الخناindecency
قريب من التقوى بعيد من الخنا
صبورpatient علىwith دلthe coyness of المهىthe oryx (beautiful women) غيرnot خائنunfaithful
صبور على دل المهى غير خائن
close to piety, far from indecency,
Close to piety, far from wrongdoing
patient with the coyness of oryx-maidens, never unfaithful.
Patient with the bending boughs, not betraying
يطيعhe obeys الهوىpassion فيin كلevery شيءٍthing يزينهadorns him
يطيع الهوى في كل شيءٍ يزينه
ولكنهbut he يعصيهdisobeys it فيin كلevery شائنdisgraceful thing
ولكنه يعصيه في كل شائن
He obeys passion in everything that adorns him,
He follows desire in all that adorns it
but disobeys it in all that brings disgrace.
Yet disobeys it in all that is disgraceful
ومثلكand one like you للنفسto the soul النفيسةnoble فتنةٌa temptation
ومثلك للنفس النفيسة فتنةٌ
ومثليand one like me شهيدa martyr to المقلتينthe two eyes الفواتنenchanting
ومثلي شهيد المقلتين الفواتن
And one like you is a temptation to a noble soul,
And you are, for the precious soul, a temptation
and one like me is a martyr to the two enchanting eyes.
While I am a martyr for the two alluring ones
فحسنكfor your beauty ياO أسماAsma ولطفكand your grace كاملperfect
فحسنك يا أسما ولطفك كامل
أعيذهماI seek protection for them both باللَهin God منfrom عينthe eye of عائنone who casts the evil eye
أعيذهما باللَه من عين عائن
For your beauty, O Asma, and your grace are perfect;
So your beauty, O Asma, and your kindness are perfect
I seek God's protection for both against the evil eye.
I seek refuge for them with God from an envious eye
تفدِّيكmay ransom you منfrom لبنانLebanon كلevery غريرةٍinnocent maiden
تفدِّيك من لبنان كل غريرةٍ
وكلand every غريرinnocent youth حولaround لبنانLebanon ساكنdwelling
وكل غرير حول لبنان ساكن
May every innocent maiden from Lebanon ransom you,
Every charming one in Lebanon would ransom you
and every innocent youth dwelling around Lebanon.
And every charming one around Lebanon dwelling
ومثلكand one like you لوif يفديcould be ransomed بخيلٍwith horses ومهجةٍand lifeblood
ومثلك لو يفدي بخيلٍ ومهجةٍ
فدتْكwould ransom you وربِّيby my Lord مهجتيmy lifeblood وصوافنيand my poised steeds
فدتْك وربِّي مهجتي وصوافني
And if one like you could be ransomed with horses and lifeblood,
And if a stingy or hot-headed one would ransom you
my lifeblood and my poised steeds would ransom you, by my Lord.
I would ransom you - by God - my passion and yearning
تلافيavert تلافيmy ruin بالخيالwith a dream-visit وآمنيand feel safe
تلافي تلافي بالخيال وآمني
عليهabout it فعذاليfor my reproachers نأتhave gone far away عنfrom مساكنيmy dwellings
عليه فعذالي نأت عن مساكني
Avert my ruin with a dream-visit, and have no fear
Wishing, always wishing, in my imagination
for it: my reproachers have gone far from my dwellings.
Trusting it, so my torment came from my dwellings
وياand oh ليتهمwould that they دامواhad remained فماfor ... not كانwould have been ضايريharmful to me
ويا ليتهم داموا فما كان ضايري
وأنتِand you أماميbefore me قربهمtheir nearness منto أماكنيmy places
وأنتِ أمامي قربهم من أماكني
And oh, would that they had remained! It would not have harmed me,
Oh, if only they lasted, no harm would have come
with you before me, to have them near my dwelling places.
While you are before me, bring them near my dwellings
لقدindeed جادنيhas showered me الرحمنthe Most Merciful بالوجدwith longing كلهall of it
لقد جادني الرحمن بالوجد كله
وجادكand showered you ياO أسماAsma بكلwith all المحاسنthe charms
وجادك يا أسما بكل المحاسن
The Most Merciful has indeed showered me with longing in all its fullness,
Truly the Merciful has granted me ecstasy entire
and showered you, O Asma, with every charm.
And granted you, O Asma, all beauty
Sol 6.1