ياO قلبُheart رفقاًbe gentle بماwith what أبْقَيتَyou have left منْof جَلَدِيmy endurance
يا قلبُ رفقاً بما أبْقَيتَ منْ جَلَدِي
كَمhow much ذَاthis الحنينُlonging إلىfor مَنthe one أنتَyou مَثْواهُhis dwelling
كَم ذَا الحنينُ إلى مَن أنتَ مَثْواهُ
O heart, be gentle with what you have left of my endurance.
O my heart, be gentle with what strength remains in me
How great is this longing for the one whose dwelling you are!
How great is this yearning for the one who was my home
ماnot غابَwas absent عنّيfrom me فأنْسَاهُso that I might forget him ولستُand I am not أرَىseeing
ما غابَ عنّي فأنْسَاهُ ولستُ أرَى
فيamong الخَلْقِcreation ليfor me عِوَضاًa substitute عنهُfor him فأسلاَهُso that I might cease to pine for him
في الخَلْقِ لي عِوَضاً عنهُ فأسلاَهُ
He has not been absent from me that I should forget him, nor do I see
He who is gone from me, whom I no longer see
among all creation a substitute for him, that I might cease to pine for him.
In all creation there is no substitute for him to console me
قدindeed كنتُI was فيin القُربِnearness أرعاهُI care for him وأحفظُهُand I protect him
قد كنتُ في القُربِ أرعاهُ وأحفظُهُ
ومُذْand since بَعُدتُI went far away تَولّىundertook حفظَهُhis protection اللهُGod
ومُذْ بَعُدتُ تَولّى حفظَهُ اللهُ
When I was near him, I used to care for him and protect him.
Once when he was near I tended and protected him
And since I went far away, God has undertaken his protection.
And now that he is far, God alone guards over him
Sol 6.1