دونbetween me and الأحبةthe loved ones ماthat which لاnot أستطيعI can وليand I have
دون الأحبة ما لا أستطيع ولي
شوقa longing يسيرtravels بهwith it حادa camel-driver وملّاحُand a sailor
شوق يسير به حاد وملّاحُ
Between me and my loved ones lies what I cannot overcome; and I have
Without my loved ones, I can do naught but yearn
a longing borne along by a camel-driver and a sailor.
A sharp, piercing yearning courses through me
ياO لجةdeep waters البحرthe sea إنif يممتyou make for ساحلهمtheir shore
يا لجة البحر إن يممت ساحلهم
وخامرتكand mingle with you لدىat البوغازthe strait أرواحbreezes
وخامرتك لدى البوغاز أرواح
O deep waters of the sea, if you make for their shore
O sea swell! If you pass by their coast
and breezes mingle with you at the strait,
And their souls stir you at the strait
عوديreturn منfrom الكوثرKawthar, Paradise’s river الأحلىthe sweeter إلىto بلدa land
عودي من الكوثر الأحلى إلى بلد
يشكوlaments الغليلburning thirst شجيٌّa sorrowful one فيهin it صدَّاحfull-throated in song
يشكو الغليل شجيٌّ فيه صدَّاح
return from the sweeter Kawthar to a land
Return from the sweetest spring to a land
where a sorrowful, full-throated singer laments his burning thirst.
Where a grieved, moaning lover complains