يُبَشِّرُنيbrings me glad news مِنكَfrom you الرَسولُthe messenger بِزَورَةٍof a visit
يُبَشِّرُني مِنكَ الرَسولُ بِزَورَةٍ
فَإِنso if صَحَّis true هَذاthis إِنَّنيindeed I لَسَعيدُtruly happy
فَإِن صَحَّ هَذا إِنَّني لَسَعيدُ
A messenger from you brings me glad tidings of a visit.
Your messenger brings me glad news of a visit.
If this proves true, I am happy indeed.
So if this is true, I am indeed happy.
وَلَستُand I am not إِخالُI think الدَهرَtime يَسخوis generous بِهَذِهِwith this
وَلَستُ إِخالُ الدَهرَ يَسخو بِهَذِهِ
أَلاtake heed إِنَّهاindeed it مِنfrom فِعلِهِits doing لَبَعيدُtruly far removed
أَلا إِنَّها مِن فِعلِهِ لَبَعيدُ
Yet I cannot imagine Fate being so generous as this.
And I do not think time would be so generous;
Indeed, such a thing is far from its ways.
Ah, such a thing is indeed far from its ways.
فَياso, O أَيُّهاyou being addressed المَولىthe master الَّذيwho أَناI عَبدُهُhis servant
فَيا أَيُّها المَولى الَّذي أَنا عَبدُهُ
لَقَدindeed زادَhas grown بيwithin me شَوقٌlonging إِلَيكَfor you شَديدُintense
لَقَد زادَ بي شَوقٌ إِلَيكَ شَديدُ
O master, whose servant I am,
So, O master, whose servant I am,
An intense longing for you has grown within me.
My intense longing for you has indeed grown.
مَتىwhen تَتَمَلّىwill gaze its fill مِنكَof you عَينيmy eye بِنَظرَةٍwith a glance
مَتى تَتَمَلّى مِنكَ عَيني بِنَظرَةٍ
وَحَقِّكَand by your honor ذاكَthat اليَومُthe day عِندِيَfor me عيدُa festival
وَحَقِّكَ ذاكَ اليَومُ عِندِيَ عيدُ
When shall my eye drink its fill of you in a single glance?
When will my eye feast on a glimpse of you?
By your honor, that day will be an Eid to me.
And by your honor, that day will be a festival for me.
