للحُبِّfor love فيin قَلبِيَmy heart أَشجَارُtrees
للحُبِّ في قَلبِيَ أَشجَارُ
تُنبِتُهاmake them grow لِلشَّوقِof longing أَنهارُrivers
تُنبِتُها لِلشَّوقِ أَنهارُ
Love has trees within my heart;
In my heart love has trees
Rivers of longing make them grow.
Watered by rivers of yearning
وَالنَومُand sleep قَدindeed نَفَّرَهُhas driven it away أَحوَرٌa dark-eyed beloved
وَالنَومُ قَد نَفَّرَهُ أَحوَرٌ
أَغَنُّsoftly nasal-voiced ساجيlanguid الطَرفِthe gaze سَحّارُbewitching
أَغَنُّ ساجي الطَرفِ سَحّارُ
And a dark-eyed beloved has driven sleep away—
Sleep frightened away by sorrows
Softly nasal-voiced, languid-eyed, bewitching.
I sing, eyed by a bewitching glance
وَالعَينُand the eye قَدindeed أَسعَدَنيhas aided me دَمعُهاits tears
وَالعَينُ قَد أَسعَدَني دَمعُها
تَمُدُّهfeeds it مِنfrom كَبِديmy liver نارُa fire
تَمُدُّه مِن كَبِدي نارُ
And the eye's tears have come to my aid;
Her tears have brought me joy
A fire from my liver feeds them
My liver feeds their fire
بِواكِفٍwith a downpour يُغرِقُdrowns إِنسانَهاits pupil
بِواكِفٍ يُغرِقُ إِنسانَها
سَحابُهُits cloud بِالماءِwith water مِدرارُpouring abundantly
سَحابُهُ بِالماءِ مِدرارُ
With a downpour that drowns its pupil;
With ceaseless floods drenching her soul
Its cloud pours water in abundance.
Clouds pouring down heavy rain