دونbetween me and الأحبةthe loved ones ماwhat لاnot أستطيعI am able 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 those I love lies what I cannot surmount—yet I have
Between me and my loved ones lies what I cannot overcome, and I have
a longing carried onward by cameleer and sailor.
a longing borne onward by a camel-driver and a sailor.
ياO لجةdeep waters البحرof the sea إنif يممتyou make for ساحلهمtheir shore
يا لجة البحر إن يممت ساحلهم
وخامرتكand mingled with you لدىat البوغازthe strait أرواحspirits
وخامرتك لدى البوغاز أرواح
O deep sea, if you should make for their shore,
O deep waters of the sea, if you make for their shore
and winds commingle with you at the Bosporus,
and spirits mingle with you at the strait,
عوديreturn منfrom الكوثرKawthar الأحلىthe sweetest إلىto بلدa land
عودي من الكوثر الأحلى إلى بلد
يشكوlaments الغليلthe burning thirst شجيٌّa sorrowful one فيهin it صدَّاحa melodious singer
يشكو الغليل شجيٌّ فيه صدَّاح
return from that sweetest Kawthar to a land
return from the sweetest Kawthar to a land
where a sorrowing, full-throated singer laments his burning thirst.
where a sorrowful, melodious singer laments his burning thirst.
