عُدناwe returned وعدتِand you returned وعادتand it returned
عُدنا وعدتِ وعادت
إنindeed الحظوظfortune أرادتwilled
إن الحظوظ أرادت
We returned, you returned, and it returned;
We came back as you promised
Indeed, fortune willed it,
As if luck had willed it
وبالعجائبand with wonders جاءتit came
وبالعجائب جاءت
وماand not بذاكin that غريبهa stranger
وما بذاك غريبه
And came bearing wonders,
Brought by miracles
And is no stranger to such things.
Nothing strange in that
إنindeed الغريبthe strange thing التَّنائيbeing far apart
إن الغريب التَّنائي
فإنfor indeed فيهin it شقائيmy misery
فإن فيه شقائي
Indeed, the strange thing is separation,
Strangeness is in being far apart
For in it lies my misery.
For in it lies my misery
وإنand if أردتyou wish دوائيmy cure
وإن أردت دوائي
داويheal الهوىlove ولهيبهand its blaze
داوي الهوى ولهيبه
And if you wish for my cure,
If you want my remedy
Soothe love and its blaze.
Cure this passion, this flame
أنتyou المنىwishes والعبادهand worship
أنت المنى والعباده
وليسand there is not عنديwith me زيادهanything more
وليس عندي زياده
You are my every wish and my worship,
You are my wish, my worship
And I have nothing more to add.
I want nothing more
ياO هندHind هذيthis شهادهa testimony
يا هند هذي شهاده
لوif أنَّهاthat it مطلوبهrequested
لو أنَّها مطلوبه
O Hind, this is a testimony,
O Hind, this is my witness
Were it to be requested.
If it were required
وأنتand you منّيto me كنفسيlike my own self
وأنت منّي كنفسي
هواكlove for you يوميmy today وأمسيand my yesterday
هواك يومي وأمسي
And you are to me as my very self;
You are to me as my soul
Loving you is my today and my yesterday,
My love night and day
وأنتِand you جهريmy speech aloud وهمسيand my whisper
وأنتِ جهري وهمسي
صديقةًa friend وحبيبهand a beloved
صديقةً وحبيبه
And you are my loud speech and my whisper,
My outspoken thoughts, my whispers
A friend and a beloved.
My friend, my beloved