وَإِنّيand indeed I لَأَدنىam surely closest ماever أَكونُI am أَمانِياًin wishes
وَإِنّي لَأَدنى ما أَكونُ أَمانِياً
إِذاwhen كُنتَyou are أَنأىfarthest away ماever تَكونُyou are مَنازِلاin dwellings
إِذا كُنتَ أَنأى ما تَكونُ مَنازِلا
And indeed, I am closest to you in my wishes
Though when far apart I'm not prone to yearn
When you are farthest away in your dwellings.
My desires grow when you're distant places
أَياO غائِباًabsent one لَمdid not أَحتَسِبI anticipate بُعدَthe remoteness of دارِهِhis home
أَيا غائِباً لَم أَحتَسِب بُعدَ دارِهِ
فَأَلبَسَso I might don قَلباًa heart لِلمَصائِبِfor calamities حامِلاable to bear
فَأَلبَسَ قَلباً لِلمَصائِبِ حامِلا
O absent one, whose home's remoteness I had not foreseen,
O absent one, I never thought our homes
So that I might don a heart able to bear calamities.
Would be so far that sadness fills my heart
وَلَكِنand yet أَتانيcame to me البَينُparting مِنfrom غَيرِwithout مَوعِدِan appointed time
وَلَكِن أَتاني البَينُ مِن غَيرِ مَوعِدِ
فَقُلso say فيof سِهامٍarrows قَدalready أَصَبنَthey struck مَقاتِلاvital spots
فَقُل في سِهامٍ قَد أَصَبنَ مَقاتِلا
And yet parting came to me without an appointed time;
But separation came though unforetold
So speak of arrows that have struck vital spots.
Like arrows finding an unshielded mark