إذاwhen التقياthe two meet صباحاin the morning
إذا التقيا صباحا
أوor مساءin the evening أوor غديّهat daybreak
أو مساء أو غديّه
When the two meet in the morning,
When we meet in the morning
or in the evening or at daybreak,
Or evening or tomorrow
هوىlove وربىby my Lord كفافاwithout gain or loss
هوى وربى كفافا
لاneither إليهto him ولاnor عليّهagainst me
لا إليه ولا عليّه
love, by my Lord, without gain or loss,
Passion and nurture are enough
neither to him nor against me.
Neither for him nor against him
منwho لغيريfor someone other than me عنconcerning
من لغيري عن
خصالtraits رديةbad ورضيّةand pleasing
خصال ردية ورضيّة
Who is there for someone other than me, concerning
Do not describe to others
bad and pleasing traits:
Faulty or pleasing traits
رقةtenderness بابليةBabylonian وجنونand madness
رقة بابلية وجنون
موصليّof Mosul وحقيقةand an essence أدميّهhuman
موصليّ وحقيقة أدميّه
Babylonian tenderness and madness
Babylonian gentleness and Iraqi madness
of Mosul, and a human essence.
Mosuli reality and human truth
لستI am not أرجوI hope for أحداanyone سواهاexcept her
لست أرجو أحدا سواها
لكونهاbecause she is هاشميةHashimite علويّهAlid
لكونها هاشمية علويّه
I hope for no one but her,
I desire no other but her
because she is a Hashimite and an Alid.
For she is a Hashimite, an Alawite