أدركتI attained عندكin your presence يوميَmy day الموعوداpromised
أدركت عندك يوميَ الموعودا
ولقيتand I found فيكin you مثاليَmy ideal المنشوداsought-for
ولقيت فيك مثاليَ المنشودا
With you I attained my promised day,
I found my promised day in you,
And found in you my sought-for ideal.
And met my ideal sought in you.
وافرحتيOh, my joy! بكin you فرحةjoy الطفلthe child الذيwho
وافرحتي بك فرحة الطفل الذي
يلهوplays ويخلقand creates كلevery يومday عيداa festival
يلهو ويخلق كل يوم عيدا
Oh, my joy in you—the joy of the child who
My joy in you is like a child's,
Plays and makes every day a festival.
Playing, making every day a feast.
وافرحتيOh, my joy! بكin you فرحةjoy الطيرthe bird الذيthat
وافرحتي بك فرحة الطير الذي
ملأfilled الروابيthe hills المصغياتlistening نشيداa song
ملأ الروابي المصغيات نشيدا
Oh, my joy in you—the joy of the bird that
My joy in you is like a bird's
Filled the listening hills with song.
Filling with song the listening valleys.
طربتthey thrilled لصدحتهto its singing وصفقand flapped its wings ظافراًtriumphantly
طربت لصدحته وصفق ظافراً
جذلانjubilant فيin عرضthe breadth الفضاءthe sky سعيداhappy
جذلان في عرض الفضاء سعيدا
They thrilled to its song, and it beat its wings in triumph,
I delighted in its ringing, and it fluttered triumphantly,
Jubilant and happy in the wide expanse of the sky.
A proud migrant in the open sky.
فيin موكبa procession منof قلبهits heart وحبيبهand its beloved
في موكب من قلبه وحبيبه
منthe one who راحwent تحسبهthink it العيونthe eyes وحيداalone
من راح تحسبه العيون وحيدا
In a procession of its heart and its beloved
In a procession of its heart and its beloved,
Went the one whom eyes supposed alone.
Eyes mistook it wandering alone.
وافرحتيOh, my joy! بكin you فرحةjoy الضالthe lost wanderer الذيwho
وافرحتي بك فرحة الضال الذي
يطويtraverses القفارthe wastes اللافحاتscorching شريداwandering
يطوي القفار اللافحات شريدا
Oh, my joy in you—the joy of the lost wanderer who
My joy in you is like a lost one's
Traverses the scorching wastes, wandering;
Who traverses the barren wastes astray,
لاحتappeared لهto him بعدafter الهواجرthe burning noontides أيكةa grove
لاحت له بعد الهواجر أيكة
غنّاءlush تبسطspreads ظلهاits shade الممدوداoutstretched
غنّاء تبسط ظلها الممدودا
A grove appeared to him after the burning noontides,
And there appears to him, after estrangement,
Lush, spreading its far-reaching shade.
A loving shelter spreading wide its shade.
ماhow أعجبwondrous الدنياthe world التيthat بعثrevived الهوىlove
ما أعجب الدنيا التي بعث الهوى
وأحالهاand transformed it روضاًa garden أغرradiant جديداnew
وأحالها روضاً أغر جديدا
How wondrous the world that love has revived
How wondrous is the world the love breathed into,
And turned into a radiant new garden.
And made anew a fresh-bloomed garden.
شتىvaried غرائبهاits wonders وأعجبهاand its strangest فتىa youth
شتى غرائبها وأعجبها فتى
يغدوbecomes لمهجتهof his heart عليكover you حسوداdeeply jealous
يغدو لمهجته عليك حسودا
Its wonders are varied, and its strangest is a youth
All its marvels and most wondrous of all
Who grows jealous of his own heart over you.
Is a youth enraptured only by your beauty.
يتهالكانthey both lose themselves علىfor جمالكyour beauty صبوةin longing
يتهالكان على جمالك صبوة
يتنافسانthey both vie ضراعهsupplication وسجوداand prostration
يتنافسان ضراعه وسجودا
Both lose themselves in longing for your beauty;
Rivals in passion, vying in submission,
They vie in supplication and prostration.
Each claims you as his own beloved.
يتنازعانكthey both contend for you غيرةin jealousy وتغضباًand anger
يتنازعانك غيرة وتغضباً
كلeach يراكsees you حبيبهhis beloved المعبوداworshiped
كل يراك حبيبه المعبودا
They contend for you in jealousy and anger;
Jealous, angry, each sees you as his lover;
Each sees you as his worshiped beloved.
All worship alone at your feet.
ماhow أعجبwondrous الإيمانfaith يغمرfloods خاطريmy mind
ما أعجب الإيمان يغمر خاطري
كالفجرlike dawn قدhas غمرflooded السماءthe sky وئيداslowly
كالفجر قد غمر السماء وئيدا
How wondrous the faith that floods my mind,
How wondrous is the faith suffusing my heart,
Like dawn that has slowly flooded the sky.
Like dawn suffusing the vacant sky.
مزقتِyou tore apart شكيmy doubt فاسترحتُso I found peace لأعينin eyes
مزقتِ شكي فاسترحتُ لأعين
علمننيthey taught me الإيمانfaith والتوحيداand monotheism
علمنني الإيمان والتوحيدا
You tore my doubt apart, so I found peace in eyes
You tore my doubts away and I found rest
That taught me faith and the worship of one alone.
In eyes teaching me faith and oneness.