دُمpersist علىin الهجرِestrangement وزدنيand give me more كمداgrief
دُم على الهجرِ وزدني كمدا
أبداًforever ماas long as عشتُI live دهريmy lifetime أبداforever
أبداً ما عشتُ دهري أبدا
Persist in estrangement, and give me more grief,
Add more sorrow to my separation, and do so endlessly
Forever, as long as I live—all my life, forever.
As long as I live my life, eternally
أناI منone who أهواكَI love you لاnot أسلوI cease loving ولاnor
أنا من أهواكَ لا أسلو ولا
أتشكىI complain of القلبَthe heart مماfor what وَجداit suffered
أتشكى القلبَ مما وَجدا
I am one who loves you; I do not cease loving, nor
I, who adore you, neither complain nor
Complain of the heart for what it has suffered.
Lament for the heart because of what it has found
عِشlive on وكانَand may it be الوجدُlonging بيin me متصلاًunbroken
عِش وكانَ الوجدُ بي متصلاً
لاnot أقولُI say اليومَtoday أشكوI complain أوor غداtomorrow
لا أقولُ اليومَ أشكو أو غدا
Live on, and may longing remain unbroken in me;
Live on as the passion within me remains unbroken
I will not say, today or tomorrow, 'I complain.'
I won't say today I complain or tomorrow
إنindeed للصبرfor patience لغباًsurely an outcome حسناgood
إن للصبر لغباً حسنا
ينجزُfulfills اللهGod بهthrough it ماwhat وَعداHe promised
ينجزُ الله به ما وَعدا
Indeed, patience surely has a good outcome;
Patience has a beautiful side
Through it, God fulfills what He has promised.
God fulfills through it what He has promised