أكادI almost منfrom فرحيmy joy عندat الهيامpassionate love بكمfor you
أكاد من فرحي عند الهيام بكم
أجنّI go mad منfrom طربىmy rapture وجداwith longing وأحترقُand I burn
أجنّ من طربى وجدا وأحترقُ
For joy, when I am lost in love with you, I nearly
In the joy of my passion for you, I almost
Go mad with rapture and ardor—and burn.
Go mad with rapture and burn with longing.
إنif لمnot تزورواyou visit فتىa young man يضنيهwears him down بينكموseparation from you
إن لم تزوروا فتى يضنيه بينكمو
فعنthen, in قريبٍa short while إلىtoward الداراتthe dwellings يستبقhe hastens
فعن قريبٍ إلى الدارات يستبق
If you do not visit a youth whom separation from you wastes away,
If you do not visit a young man whom separation from you wears down,
Before long he will race toward the dwellings.
Then, before long, he will hasten toward the dwellings.
جاردنGarden ستىCity هيit is مأواكمyour haven ومنزلكمand your home
جاردن ستى هي مأواكم ومنزلكم
وعنand from خمائلهاits lush groves الأنوارthe lights تنبثقُburst forth
وعن خمائلها الأنوار تنبثقُ
Garden City is your refuge and your home,
Garden City is your haven and your home,
And from its bowers the lights burst forth.
And from its lush groves the lights burst forth.
أنتمyou بهاin it الزهرthe blossoms فيin لألاءthe radiance of نضرتهits freshness
أنتم بها الزهر في لألاء نضرته
وأنتمand you البدرthe full moon إنif يلممcomes بهاupon it غسقdarkness
وأنتم البدر إن يلمم بها غسق
There you are the flowers in all their radiant freshness,
There you are the blossoms in the radiance of their freshness,
And you are the full moon when darkness settles upon it.
And you are the full moon when darkness falls upon it.
لاdo not تخمدواextinguish بأليمwith painful الصدrejection نارthe fire of هوىlove
لا تخمدوا بأليم الصد نار هوى
يكادit nearly منfrom هجركمyour abandonment يذوىwithers ويختنقand suffocates
يكاد من هجركم يذوى ويختنق
Do not, with painful rebuff, quench the fire of a love
Do not quench with painful rejection the fire of a love
That, from your desertion, nearly withers and suffocates.
That nearly withers and suffocates from your abandonment.
Sol 6.1