ياO مَنْone who أرِيحَwas relieved مِنَfrom الْفِراقparting
يا مَنْ أرِيحَ مِنَ الْفِراق
وفِراقُهُand his parting بِالْهَجْرِthrough estrangement باقِيenduring
وفِراقُهُ بِالْهَجْرِ باقِي
O one who was relieved of parting,
O you who I find solace from separation in
O you who have been relieved of separation,
Yet whose parting endures through estrangement.
Yet his separation through estrangement remains
While his separation remains through abandonment,
أَهْوَىI love الْفِراقَparting وَإنْand even if رَأَيْsaw (verb continued in line 4)
أَهْوَى الْفِراقَ وَإنْ رَأَيْ
تُI (verb suffix) المَوْتَdeath فِيin شَخْصِperson الفِراقِparting
تُ المَوْتَ فِي شَخْصِ الفِراقِ
I love parting, even if I have seen
I yearn for separation, even if I see
I desire the parting, even if I view
Death in the person of parting,
Death in the entity of separation
Death itself within the form of separation,
لِتَقارُبٍfor a drawing close عِنْدat الْوَداعِfarewell
لِتَقارُبٍ عِنْد الْوَداعِ
وَقُبْلَةٍand a kiss عِنْدَat العِناقِthe embrace
وَقُبْلَةٍ عِنْدَ العِناقِ
For a drawing close at farewell,
For a coming together at the farewell
For the sake of closeness at the farewell,
And a kiss at the embrace.
And a kiss at the embrace
And a kiss shared during the embrace.