لمnot أزلI cease منذsince غابwas absent شخصكyour person عنيfrom me
لم أزل منذ غاب شخصك عني
أرتجيI hope for وصلarrival كتبهhis letters والوصالاand reunion
أرتجي وصل كتبه والوصالا
Since you departed from me, I have never ceased
Since your absence from me
Hoping for his letters to arrive and for reunion.
I hope for the arrival of your letters and our reunion
أرقبI watch الغربthe west حينwhen أذكرI remember مولاlord
أرقب الغرب حين أذكر مولا
يَmy (possessive suffix) كأنas though الشهابthe shooting star صارbecame هلالاa crescent moon
يَ كأن الشهاب صار هلالا
I watch the west whenever I remember my lord,
I gaze at the sunset when I remember my beloved
As though the shooting star had become a crescent moon.
As if the shooting star has become a crescent moon