تَفَضَلْkindly oblige لاmay ... not برحتَyou cease to be قريرgladdened عينof eye
تَفَضَلْ لا برحتَ قرير عين
بمجموعِwith the collection الإِمامthe Imam أبيAbu (father of) الحُسينِal-Husayn
بمجموعِ الإِمام أبي الحُسينِ
Kindly oblige—may your eye ever be gladdened—
Please stay, the apple of my eye,
with the collection of Imam Abu al-Husayn.
With the collection of Imam Abu al-Hussein,
فأشواقيfor my longings إليهfor him كلevery حينٍmoment
فأشواقي إليه كل حينٍ
تُمثّلconjure up شَخصَهُhis figure تِلقاءَbefore عينيmy eye
تُمثّل شَخصَهُ تِلقاءَ عيني
For my longings for him, at every moment,
For my longing for it is every moment,
conjure his figure before my eyes.
Its figure is pictured before my eyes.