رَسمٌa portrait مَتىwhenever ماemphatic particle غبتُI was absent عنكمfrom you كانَwas ليfor me
رَسمٌ مَتى ما غبتُ عنكم كانَ لي
بدلاًa substitute يَراكمit sees you دائماًalways وتَرونَهُand you see it
بدلاً يَراكم دائماً وتَرونَهُ
A portrait, whenever I am absent from you, serves me
A picture, whenever I was absent from you
As a substitute: it always sees you, and you see it.
Was in my place, you would always see it and it would see you
واناand I الَّذيthe one who ابداًalways لكمfor you فيin قَلبِهِhis heart
وانا الَّذي ابداً لكم في قَلبِهِ
رَسمٌan image وآخرُand another لاnot يفارقleaves عينَهُhis eye
رَسمٌ وآخرُ لا يفارق عينَهُ
And I am the one in whose heart you always have
And I, who have always in my heart
An image, and another never leaves his eye.
A picture, and another that never leaves my eyes