قامَتhas taken بِلادُكَyour land ليfor me مَقامَthe place of بِلاديmy homeland
قامَت بِلادُكَ لي مَقامَ بِلادي
وَأَرىand I see تِلادَكَyour ancestral wealth باتَhas become دونَnearer than تِلاديmy ancestral wealth
وَأَرى تِلادَكَ باتَ دونَ تِلادي
Your land has taken the place of my homeland for me.
Your country has become my country
And I see your ancestral wealth now nearer than my own.
And I see your homeland as less than my homeland
حَتّىso that كَأَنِّيَas though I لَمdid not أُرِمleave وَطَنيmy homeland وَلَمand did not
حَتّى كَأَنِّيَ لَم أُرِم وَطَني وَلَم
تَشمَتgloat بِزائِلِover the loss of نِعمَتيmy prosperity حُسّاديmy enviers
تَشمَت بِزائِلِ نِعمَتي حُسّادي
So that it is as though I never left my homeland, nor
As if I had not abandoned my own country or
Did my enviers gloat over the loss of my prosperity.
My enviers rejoiced at the loss of my fortune
وَلَقَدand indeed وَعَدتَyou promised وَفيand in حَياتيmy life مانِعٌa hindrance
وَلَقَد وَعَدتَ وَفي حَياتي مانِعٌ
ليfor me مِنfrom تَنَجُّزِsecuring fulfillment ذَلِكَthat الميعادِthe promise
لي مِن تَنَجُّزِ ذَلِكَ الميعادِ
And you have indeed promised, yet in my life there is a hindrance
And you had promised me in my lifetime what prevents
To my securing the fulfillment of that promise.
Me from fulfilling that promise
وَيُضاعِفُand redoubles الوَعدَthe promise الَّذيwhich أَكَّدتَهُyou confirmed it
وَيُضاعِفُ الوَعدَ الَّذي أَكَّدتَهُ
أَنَّthat الَّذيthe one whom أَعطَيتَyou gave to جِدُّextremely مُعادِhostile
أَنَّ الَّذي أَعطَيتَ جِدُّ مُعادِ
And the promise you confirmed is redoubled
And you redouble the promise you have confirmed
By the fact that the one you gave to is a bitter enemy.
That the one who gave is truly promising
أَتُرىdo you think الشَفيعُthe intercessor وَقَدand already أَمَرتَyou ordered بِحاجَتيconcerning my need
أَتُرى الشَفيعُ وَقَد أَمَرتَ بِحاجَتي
يَرجوhopes الوُصولَto attain بِهاthrough it إِلىto إِحماديmy gratitude
يَرجو الوُصولَ بِها إِلى إِحمادي
Do you think the intercessor, though you have already ordered my need met,
Does the intercessor, whom you ordered to fulfill my need
Hopes thereby to win my gratitude?
Hope to attain it and bring it to my satisfaction?
وَإِذاand when العَليلُthe sick man أَبَلَّhas recovered مِمّاfrom what يَشتَكيhe suffers from
وَإِذا العَليلُ أَبَلَّ مِمّا يَشتَكي
لَمnot تُرجَbe hoped for فيهِin his case مَثوبَةُreward العُوّادِthe visitors to the sick
لَم تُرجَ فيهِ مَثوبَةُ العُوّادِ
And when the sick man has recovered from what ails him,
And when the sick one complains of that which pains him
No reward is expected for those who visit him.
The reward of visitors does not cure him