أعَائِشُO Aisha إِنif تَحَقَّقَcomes to pass مِنكِfrom you بَينٌparting
أعَائِشُ إِن تَحَقَّقَ مِنكِ بَينٌ
لَمَاthen not كَفَفتwould cease عَنِfrom الجَرَيَانِflowing عَينُan eye
لَمَا كَفَفت عَنِ الجَرَيَانِ عَينُ
O Aisha, if parting from you should come to pass,
O Aisha, if estrangement occurs
no eye would cease to flow.
My eyes would not cease their flowing
أَعَائِشُO Aisha إِنَّindeed بَينِكِparting from you غَيرُnot هَينٍeasy
أَعَائِشُ إِنَّ بَينِكِ غَيرُ هَينٍ
وبَعضُand some البَينِparting لَوif تَدرِينَyou knew هَينُeasy
وبَعضُ البَينِ لَو تَدرِينَ هَينُ
O Aisha, parting from you is no easy thing,
O Aisha, estrangement with you is no simple matter
and some partings, if you knew, are easy.
And some estrangement, if only you know, is simple
أتَدَّكِرِينًdo you remember قَولكِyour saying بِإِختِلاَسٍfurtively
أتَدَّكِرِينً قَولكِ بِإِختِلاَسٍ
ضُحىًat midmorning كَلِمَاتٍwords أحرُفُهُنَّtheir letters لَينُsoft
ضُحىً كَلِمَاتٍ أحرُفُهُنَّ لَينُ
Do you remember saying furtively,
Do you remember your softly uttered words
at midmorning, words whose letters were soft?
In the morning, their letters soft
سَمَوَاتُheavens القُلُوبِof hearts حَلَلتِyou settled بِهَاin them
سَمَوَاتُ القُلُوبِ حَلَلتِ بِهَا
مَحَلاًّa dwelling place مَاnot يَحِلُdwells بِهِin it البُطَينُal-Buṭayn (a lunar mansion)
مَحَلاًّ مَا يَحِلُ بِهِ البُطَينُ
In the heavens of hearts you have settled,
They unlocked the heavens of hearts
in a place where al-Buṭayn does not dwell.
To a place unlocked by intimacy