غرَسْتُI planted لكُمْfor you شجَراتِtrees الهَوىlove
غرَسْتُ لكُمْ شجَراتِ الهَوى
بأرْضٍin a land أثارَstirred up ثَراهاits soil الجَوىlove’s anguish
بأرْضٍ أثارَ ثَراها الجَوى
I planted trees of love for you,
In a land whose soil love’s anguish stirred.
وسقّيْتُهاand I watered them بدُموعِwith tears الجُفونِthe eyelids
وسقّيْتُها بدُموعِ الجُفونِ
فقدْand so, indeed أيْنَعَripened الغَرْسُthe planted trees لمّاwhen ارْتَوىdrank its fill
فقدْ أيْنَعَ الغَرْسُ لمّا ارْتَوى
And I watered them with the eyelids’ tears;
And so the planted trees ripened once they drank their fill.
ولمّاand when ترعْرَعَgrew vigorously منْهاfrom them البُسوقُthe towering growth
ولمّا ترعْرَعَ منْها البُسوقُ
وأجْمَعَand reached fullness ريْعانُهاtheir fresh bloom واسْتَوىand matured
وأجْمَعَ ريْعانُها واسْتَوى
And when their towering growth flourished,
And their fresh bloom reached fullness and maturity,
نوَيْتُI intended الجَنىthe fruit harvest قبْلَbefore يوْمِthe day النّوىparting
نوَيْتُ الجَنى قبْلَ يوْمِ النّوى
وكُلُّand every امْرِئٍperson فلَهُso he has ماwhat نَوىhe intended
وكُلُّ امْرِئٍ فلَهُ ما نَوى
I meant to gather the fruit before the day of parting—
And every person has what they intended.