أصبوI yearn اذاwhen هبّblows النسيمthe breeze لاننيbecause I
أصبو اذا هبّ النسيم لانني
شبهتهُI likened it بكُمُto you فهِمتُso I became enraptured بحبِّهwith love for it
شبهتهُ بكُمُ فهِمتُ بحبِّه
I yearn when the breeze blows, because I
likened it to you and fell madly in love with it.
ياO منyou whose حكتmirrored نَسَمُbreezes الرياضthe gardens خلالَهُhis qualities
يا من حكت نَسَمُ الرياض خلالَهُ
لطفاًin gentleness وماbut not تحكيmirror طهارةَthe purity of قَلبهِhis heart
لطفاً وما تحكي طهارةَ قَلبهِ
O you whose qualities the garden breezes have mirrored
in gentleness, though they do not mirror your heart's purity.
انif كانwas قدindeed مُنعِwas denied اللقاءُthe meeting فعندناthen for us
ان كان قد مُنعِ اللقاءُ فعندنا
لاno فرقdifference فيin بعدthe remoteness of المزارthe meeting-place توَقربِهand its nearness
لا فرق في بعد المزار توَقربِه
If meeting has indeed been denied, then for us
there is no difference whether the meeting-place is far or near.
هنأتُI congratulated قَلبيmy heart حيثsince اصبحit became عندكمwith you
هنأتُ قَلبي حيث اصبح عندكم
متمتعاًdelighting بحبيبهِin its beloved وَمحبهِand its lover
متمتعاً بحبيبهِ وَمحبهِ
I congratulated my heart, since it is now with you,
delighting in its beloved and its lover.
وغدوتُand I became مُشتاقاlonging الىfor قَلبيmy heart الَّذيwhich
وغدوتُ مُشتاقا الى قَلبي الَّذي
ياah طالماso often قدindeed كُنتُI had been مُشتاقاًyearning بِهِwith it
يا طالما قد كُنتُ مُشتاقاً بِهِ
And I came to long for my heart, with which
ah, I had so often yearned!