لمdid not يستجبrespond لحَياتيto my life بعدَكُمafter your departure فَرَحٌjoy
لم يستجب لحَياتي بعدَكُم فَرَحٌ
ولمand did not يَلِقsuit بِبَنَانِيto my fingers بَعدَكُمafter your departure قدَحُa cup
ولم يَلِق بِبَنَانِي بَعدَكُم قدَحُ
No joy has answered my life in your absence;
No joy has answered my life since you left.
nor, in your absence, has any goblet felt right at my fingertips.
Nor has a cup suited my fingers since you left.
شوقيmy longing إليكمfor you أَعادَmay restore اللهGod عَهدَكُمُthe days with you
شوقي إليكم أَعادَ الله عَهدَكُمُ
شوقٌa longing لهfor it فيin ميادينfields الهوىlove مَرَحُplayfulness
شوقٌ له في ميادين الهوى مَرَحُ
My longing for you—may God restore the time we shared—
My longing for you—may God restore our days together—
is a longing that frolics through the fields of love.
Is a longing that frolics in the fields of love.
يخفيhides مراراًrepeatedly ويبديهand reveals it تَلَهُّبُهits blazing
يخفي مراراً ويبديه تَلَهُّبُه
والنارُand fire تكمُنُlies hidden حيناًfor a while ثمthen تَنقَدِحُflares up
والنارُ تكمُنُ حيناً ثم تَنقَدِحُ
Again and again it is concealed, but its blaze reveals it;
It hides time and again, yet its blazing reveals it;
and fire lies hidden for a while, then bursts into flame.
And fire lies hidden awhile, then flares up.