وماand not أَنْسَI forget طِيبَthe sweetness of العِناقِthe embrace
وما أَنْسَ طِيبَ العِناقِ
ولاand not سِيمَّاthe like (together: especially) عندat بَرْدِthe chill of السَّحَرْthe predawn hour
ولا سِيمَّا عند بَرْدِ السَّحَرْ
And I do not forget the sweetness of the embrace,
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especially in the chill before dawn,
وقدand indeed أفرطbecame excessive الضمُّthe clasping ماwhat lay بينَناbetween us
وقد أفرط الضمُّ ما بينَنا
فكوَّنso it formed منfrom بَشَرَيْناour two skins بَشَرa single skin
فكوَّن من بَشَرَيْنا بَشَر
when our clasping had grown so intense
that it made one skin of our two skins,
كماءَيْنِlike two streams منfrom صَبَبَيْthe two slopes of هضْبةٍa hill
كماءَيْنِ من صَبَبَيْ هضْبةٍ
أَلَماّboth arrived فضَمَّهماand embraced them both مستقرَa basin
أَلَماّ فضَمَّهما مستقرَ
like two streams from a hill’s two slopes
that met, and a basin embraced them both.
فلوso if جَهَدstrove الموتُdeath أنto يستبseize exclusively (continued next line)
فلو جَهَد الموتُ أن يستب
دّcompletion of ‘seize exclusively’ مناfrom among us بمنفردٍof one alone ماnot قَدَرcould
دّ منا بمنفردٍ ما قَدَر
So if death strove to seize
one of us alone, it could not.
Partial English translation: 1 of 8 Arabic lines translated.