أخَفّفI make brief تسليميmy greeting وأُصفِيand I purify مودَّتيmy affection
أخَفّف تسليمي وأُصفِي مودَّتي
وأطوىand I fold علىaround نصحيmy sincere goodwill لكtoward you القلبthe heart والصدراand the breast
وأطوى على نصحي لك القلب والصدرا
I make my greeting brief and purify my affection,
I soften my greeting and purify my affection
and fold my heart and breast around my sincere goodwill toward you.
And fold my advice for you in my heart and chest
وإنيand indeed I إذاwhenever ماemphatic particle غِبتُI am absent عنكfrom you لناظِرٌsurely gazing
وإني إذا ما غِبتُ عنك لناظِرٌ
إليكtoward you بقلبwith a heart منكof you ممتلئfilled فِكراwith thoughts
إليك بقلب منك ممتلئ فِكرا
And whenever I am away from you, I surely gaze
And truly when I am absent from you, I am a watcher
toward you with a heart filled with thoughts of you.
Looking to you with a heart full of thoughts of you
ويذكرand recalls قلبيmy heart حسْنthe beauty of وجهكyour face إنif رأىit sees
ويذكر قلبي حسْن وجهك إن رأى
شبيهكyour likeness فيin إشراقكyour radiance الشمسthe sun والبدراand the full moon
شبيهك في إشراقك الشمس والبدرا
And my heart recalls the beauty of your face whenever it sees
And my heart remembers the beauty of your face when it sees
your likeness in radiance—the sun and the full moon.
Your likeness in the radiance of the sun and the moon
Sol 6.1