عرجturn aside علىto بابdoor الغريبthe stranger ونادىand call out
عرج على باب الغريب ونادى
وانشدand ask فديتكmay I be your ransom أينwhere حلhas settled فؤاديmy heart
وانشد فديتك أين حل فؤادي
Turn aside to the stranger's door and call out,
He stopped at the stranger's door and called out,
And ask—may I be your ransom—where my heart has settled.
"For your sake, where has my heart found rest?"
وإذاand when مررتyou pass علىby المنازلthe dwellings بالحمىin the sanctuary
وإذا مررت على المنازل بالحمى
فاشرحthen describe هنالكthere لوعتيmy anguish وسهاديand my sleeplessness
فاشرح هنالك لوعتي وسهادي
And when you pass the dwellings in the sanctuary,
And if you pass by the dwellings in Al-Hamma,
Then recount there my anguish and sleepless nights.
Unburden there my anguish and my vigil.
إيهsay on فديتكmay I be your ransom ياO شيمةShīma خبريtell me
إيه فديتك يا شيمة خبري
كيفhow are الأحبةthe loved ones والحمىand the sanctuary والواديand the valley
كيف الأحبة والحمى والوادي
Say on—may I be your ransom, O Shīma—tell me:
Oh for your sake, what news of my loved ones,
How are the loved ones, the sanctuary, and the valley?
Of Al-Hamma, its valley and dwellings?
ياO سعدSaʿd قدindeed بانhas appeared العذيبal-ʿUdhayb وبانهand its bān trees
يا سعد قد بان العذيب وبانه
فانزلso alight فديتكmay I be your ransom قدnow بداhas become apparent إسعاديmy happiness
فانزل فديتك قد بدا إسعادي
O Saʿd, al-ʿUdhayb and its bān trees have come into view.
O Sa'd, the oryx has appeared, so has our joy.
So alight—may I be your ransom—my happiness is now apparent.
So alight, for your sake, as my bliss starts!
خذtake فيin return for البشارةthe glad tidings مهجتيmy soul يوماon a day إذاwhen
خذ في البشارة مهجتي يوما إذا
بانappears العذيبal-ʿUdhayb وبانand is revealed حسنthe beauty سعاديmy Suʿad
بان العذيب وبان حسن سعادي
Take my soul as your reward for glad tidings, on a day when
Take as good tidings my love when the oryx appears,
al-ʿUdhayb appears, and my Suʿad's beauty is revealed.
And the signs of joy and bliss start.
قدtruly صحis assured عيديmy feast day يومon the day أبصرI behold حسنهاher beauty
قد صح عيدي يوم أبصر حسنها
وكذاand likewise الهلالthe crescent moon علامةa sign الأعيادof feast days
وكذا الهلال علامة الأعياد
My feast day is truly assured on the day I behold her beauty;
My holiday has truly come the day I see her beauty,
And likewise, the crescent moon is the sign of feast days.
Like the crescent moon, harbinger of feasts.