أهدِيI offer إِلَيكto you نَصيحَتيmy counsel وَمَوَدَّتيand my affection
أهدِي إِلَيك نَصيحَتي وَمَوَدَّتي
قَبلَbefore اللِقاءِthe meeting شَواهِدtestimonies الأَرواحِthe souls
قَبلَ اللِقاءِ شَواهِد الأَرواحِ
I offer you my counsel and affection—
I offer you my counsel and my affection.
before we meet, tokens by which souls declare themselves.
Before meeting come the testimonies of souls.
وَعَلىand upon القُلوبِthe hearts مِنَfrom القُلوبِthe hearts دَلائِلsigns
وَعَلى القُلوبِ مِنَ القُلوبِ دَلائِل
بِالوُدِّof affection قَبلَbefore تَشاهُدِbeholding one another الأَشباحِthe bodies
بِالوُدِّ قَبلَ تَشاهُدِ الأَشباحِ
And upon hearts are signs from other hearts,
And upon hearts are signs from hearts
through love, before bodies behold one another.
Of affection, before bodies behold one another.
