يُكاثِرُ مَاءُ الرّزمِ عند ادّكَارِكُم

يُكاثِرُ مَاءُ الرّزمِ عند ادّكَارِكُم

دُمُوعي ولكنْ ذَا بَرودٌ وذي قِطْرُ

دُمُوعي ولكنْ ذَا بَرودٌ وذي قِطْرُ

The thunderstorm’s rain vies, whenever I remember you,

When I remember you, the water of al-Razm vies in abundance with

with my tears—but that is cold, while these are molten copper.

my tears; but this is cool, and these are molten copper.

ولَو لَم أُعِرْها بَعدَكم كلّ من بَكَى

ولَو لَم أُعِرْها بَعدَكم كلّ من بَكَى

لأعظَمها عَن أن يُكاثِرَهَا القَطرُ

لأعظَمها عَن أن يُكاثِرَهَا القَطرُ

Had I not, since your departure, lent them to everyone who wept,

And had I not lent them, after your departure, to everyone who wept,

I would hold them too great for rain itself to rival.

the rain would deem them too great for it to rival in abundance.