قَلبيmy heart إِلَيكُمtoward you مِنَfrom الأَشواقِthe longings يَضطَرِبُtrembles
قَلبي إِلَيكُم مِنَ الأَشواقِ يَضطَرِبُ
بِنتُمyou departed وَأَنتُمand you مُناهُits desire فَهُوَso it مُكتَئِبُdejected
بِنتُم وَأَنتُم مُناهُ فَهُوَ مُكتَئِبُ
My heart trembles with longing for you.
My heart to you from yearning trembles
You departed, though you are its desire, and so it is dejected.
You left while you are its shelter, so it is depressed
نَفَيتُمُyou banished أُنسَهُits solace عَنهُfrom it بِبَينِكُمُby your parting
نَفَيتُمُ أُنسَهُ عَنهُ بِبَينِكُمُ
لاnot يوجَدُexists الحُكمُthe effect حَتّىuntil يوجَدَexists السَبَبُthe cause
لا يوجَدُ الحُكمُ حَتّى يوجَدَ السَبَبُ
By your parting, you banished its solace from it:
You denied it your company by your separation
No effect exists until its cause exists.
No judgment exists until the cause exists
لَمdid not أَلقَI meet مِنfrom أَحَدٍanyone إِلّاexcept وَأَنشَدَنيand he recited to me
لَم أَلقَ مِن أَحَدٍ إِلّا وَأَنشَدَني
ماwhat بالُcondition عَينِكَyour eye مِنهاfrom it الماءُthe water يَنسَكِبُpours out
ما بالُ عَينِكَ مِنها الماءُ يَنسَكِبُ
I have met no one who has not recited to me:
I have not met anyone except he recited to me
“What ails your eye, that water pours from it?”
What is with your eye that water from it pours
فَليَعجَبِso let them marvel الناسُthe people مِنّيat me أَنَّنيthat I am شَرِقٌchoking
فَليَعجَبِ الناسُ مِنّي أَنَّني شَرِقٌ
بِماءِon the water of عَينَيَّmy two eyes وَالأَحشاءُand the entrails تَلتَهِبُblaze
بِماءِ عَينَيَّ وَالأَحشاءُ تَلتَهِبُ
So let people marvel at me: I am choking
So let the people wonder about me that I am awake
on the water of my eyes, while my entrails blaze.
With the water of my eyes while my insides blaze
يَكادُalmost قَلبيmy heart وَماand how أَحلىsweet صَبابَتَهُits ardent longing
يَكادُ قَلبي وَما أَحلى صَبابَتَهُ
إِذاwhenever ذَكرتُكَI remember you مِنfrom حَيزومِهِits breast يَثِبُleaps
إِذا ذَكرتُكَ مِن حَيزومِهِ يَثِبُ
My heart—how sweet its yearning!—almost
My heart nearly jumps from its enclosure
leaps from my breast whenever I remember you.
When I remember you