كما ترى صيرني

كما ترى صيرني

أقطع قفر الدمن

أقطع قفر الدمن

As you see, He has made me

As you see, he has made me

As you see, you made me

traverse the waste of ruined encampments.

cross the wilderness of abandoned camps.

Cross the barren wilderness

شرقني غربني

شرقني غربني

أزعجني عن وطني

أزعجني عن وطني

He drove me east, He drove me west;

He sent me east, he sent me west;

Turn me east and west

He wrenched me away from my homeland.

he drove me from my homeland.

Disturb me from my homeland

إذا تغيبت بدا

إذا تغيبت بدا

وإن بدا غيبني

وإن بدا غيبني

Whenever I vanished, He appeared;

When I vanish, he appears;

If it disappears, it appears

and whenever He appeared, He hid me.

and if he appears, he makes me vanish.

And if it appears, make it disappear

واصلني حتى إذا

واصلني حتى إذا

واصلته فاصلني

واصلته فاصلني

He communed with me until,

He joined with me until, when

Connect me until when

when I communed with Him, He parted from me.

I joined with him, he parted from me.

You connect me, disconnect me

وقال لا تشهد ما

وقال لا تشهد ما

تشهد أو تشهدني

تشهد أو تشهدني

And He said: “Do not witness what

And he said, "Do not behold what

And he said, do not witness what

you witness—or else witness Me.”

you behold—or behold me."

You witness or make me witness