رأيـتI saw فيـكِin you مالـمwhat … not أرىI see
رأيـت فيـكِ مالـم أرى
وولدتand I was born فيon يومthe day اللقاءthe meeting
وولدت في يوم اللقاء
I saw in you what I had not seen.
I saw in you what I had never seen before
And I was born on the day of the meeting.
And gave birth on the day we met
فصرتِso you became فيin صدريmy breast الرحيقthe nectar
فصرتِ في صدري الرحيق
وصـرتِand you became فـيin صحـرائيmy desert ماءwater
وصـرتِ فـي صحـرائي ماء
So you became the nectar in my breast.
So you became the nectar in my chest
And you became water in my desert.
And became the water in my desert
فأنso if قلتI said أرضاًland فأنـتِthen you الوطـنthe homeland
فأن قلت أرضاً فأنـتِ الوطـن
وأنand if صرتُI became بحراًa sea فأنتِthen you السماءthe sky
وأن صرتُ بحراً فأنتِ السماء
So if I say “land,” then you are the homeland.
If I say a land then you are the homeland
And if I become a sea, then you are the sky.
And if I become a sea then you are the sky
وأنتِand you فيin قلبيmy heart الوليدnewborn حياةlife
وأنتِ في قلبي الوليد حياة
وأنتِand you منfrom غدرtreachery الزمانtime شفاءa cure
وأنتِ من غدر الزمان شفاء
And you are life in my newborn heart.
And you are the newborn life in my heart
And you are a cure for time’s treachery.
And you are the cure from the treachery of time