أَراني اللَهُ يا سَلمى حَياتي

أَراني اللَهُ يا سَلمى حَياتي

وَفي يَومِ الحِسابِ كَما أَراكِ

وَفي يَومِ الحِسابِ كَما أَراكِ

May God let me see you, Salma, throughout my life,

May God let me see you, O Salma, throughout my life,

and on the Day of Reckoning, just as I see you now.

and on the Day of Reckoning, just as I see you.

أَلا تَجزينَ مَن تَيَّمتِ عُمراً

أَلا تَجزينَ مَن تَيَّمتِ عُمراً

وَمَن لَو تَطلُبينَ لَقَد أَتاكِ

وَمَن لَو تَطلُبينَ لَقَد أَتاكِ

Will you not reward one you have enthralled for a lifetime,

Will you not reward one whom you have enslaved with love for a lifetime,

one who, were you to summon him, would surely come to you?

and one who, if you called for him, would surely come to you,

وَمَن إِن مِتِّ ماتَ وَلا تَموتي

وَمَن إِن مِتِّ ماتَ وَلا تَموتي

وَإِن يُنسَأ لَهُ أَجَلٌ بَكاكِ

وَإِن يُنسَأ لَهُ أَجَلٌ بَكاكِ

One who, if you died, would die—may you never die—

and one who, if you died, would die—may you never die—

and, were his appointed end deferred, would mourn you;

and, if his allotted lifespan were prolonged, would mourn you,

وَمَن لَو قُلتِ مُت وَأَطاقَ مَوتاً

وَمَن لَو قُلتِ مُت وَأَطاقَ مَوتاً

إِذاً ذاقَ المَماتَ وَما عَصاكِ

إِذاً ذاقَ المَماتَ وَما عَصاكِ

one who, if you said, “Die,” and dying lay within his power,

and one who, if you said, “Die!” and he could endure death,

would taste death then and never disobey you;

would then taste death and would not disobey you,

وَمَن حَقّاً لَو اِعطِي ما تَمَنّى

وَمَن حَقّاً لَو اِعطِي ما تَمَنّى

مِنَ الأَرضِ العَريضَةِ ما عَداكِ

مِنَ الأَرضِ العَريضَةِ ما عَداكِ

and one who truly, if granted all he wished for

and one who, truly, if granted all he wished for

in all the wide earth, would choose none but you?

of the wide earth, would not pass you by?

أَثيبي هائِماً كَلِفاً مُعَنّى

أَثيبي هائِماً كَلِفاً مُعَنّى

إِذا خَدِرَت لَهُ رِجلٌ دَعاكِ

إِذا خَدِرَت لَهُ رِجلٌ دَعاكِ

Reward this love-mad, impassioned, tormented man,

Reward a lovesick wanderer, infatuated and tormented,

who, whenever his leg grew numb, would call your name.

who, when a foot of his grows numb, calls out to you.