أَعَينO essence حَياتيmy life وَالَّذيby the one who بِبَقائِهِthrough his continued existence
أَعَين حَياتي وَالَّذي بِبَقائِهِ
بَقائيmy continued existence لَقَدindeed أَصبَحتI have become نَحوَكtoward you شَيِّقاfull of longing
بَقائي لَقَد أَصبَحت نَحوَك شَيِّقا
O very soul of my life—by Him through whose abiding
O essence of my life—by the one whose continued life
I abide—I have grown ardently yearning for you.
sustains mine—I have indeed grown full of longing for you.
أَقَمتَyou settled بِقَلبيin my heart غَيرَexcept أَنَّthat لِمُقلَتيfor my eye
أَقَمتَ بِقَلبي غَيرَ أَنَّ لِمُقلَتي
بِرُؤيتكَthrough seeing you الحَظَّthe good fortune الَّذيthat يُذهِبُdispels الشَقاmisery
بِرُؤيتكَ الحَظَّ الَّذي يُذهِبُ الشَقا
You dwell within my heart; yet it is my eye
You have settled in my heart, yet my eye
that, seeing you, receives the boon that banishes misery.
has, in seeing you, the good fortune that dispels misery.
وَماand not كانَwas ظَنّيmy expectation أَنكthat you الدَهرَforever تارِكيforsaking me
وَما كانَ ظَنّي أَنك الدَهرَ تارِكي
وَلَوand even if أَنَّنيthat I أَصبحتُI became بَينَamong الوَرىhumankind لَقاa worthless castoff
وَلَو أَنَّني أَصبحتُ بَينَ الوَرى لَقا
Never did I think you would forsake me forever,
And I never thought that you would forsake me forever,
even were I to become, among all humankind, a castaway.
even if I became a worthless castoff among humankind.
لَطائفُsubtleties مَعنىًof meaning فيin العِيانdirect sight ولَمand did not تَكُنbe
لَطائفُ مَعنىً في العِيان ولَم تَكُن
لِتُدركto be perceived إلاexcept بِالتَزاوُرِthrough mutual visits وَاللِقاand meeting
لِتُدرك إلا بِالتَزاوُرِ وَاللِقا
Subtleties of meaning lie in seeing face to face, and cannot
There are subtleties of meaning in seeing firsthand, and they could not
be grasped except through mutual visits and meeting.
be perceived except through mutual visits and meeting.
