لمحتُI glimpsed طيفكِyour apparition خلفَbehind أستارِveils السحَرthe predawn hours
لمحتُ طيفكِ خلفَ أستارِ السحَر
وكأنهُand as though it were قمرٌa moon منfrom الخجَلِshyness استتَرhid itself
وكأنهُ قمرٌ من الخجَلِ استتَر
I glimpsed your apparition behind the veils of predawn.
And it was like a moon that hid itself out of shyness.
والشوقُand longing فيwithin جنبيَّmy two sides رعدٌthunder بارقٌflashing with lightning
والشوقُ في جنبيَّ رعدٌ بارقٌ
هزّshook الفؤادَthe heart ففاضَso it overflowed عِشقاًwith passionate love وانهمرْand poured forth
هزّ الفؤادَ ففاضَ عِشقاً وانهمرْ
And longing within my sides was thunder flashing with lightning.
It shook my heart, which overflowed with passion and poured forth.
فتلاقتso they met الأرواحُthe souls بعدafter شتاتِهاtheir scattering
فتلاقت الأرواحُ بعد شتاتِها
وحنَاand bent tenderly عليناover us العُمرُlife وابتسمَand smiled القدَرfate
وحنَا علينا العُمرُ وابتسمَ القدَر
Then the souls met after their scattering.
And life bent tenderly over us, and fate smiled.
وضَمَمْتُand I embraced حُبكِyour love فيin السماءِthe sky كأننيas though I were
وضَمَمْتُ حُبكِ في السماءِ كأنني
تلكَthose الغيومُthe clouds وأنتِand you زخّاتُshowers المطرْthe rain
تلكَ الغيومُ وأنتِ زخّاتُ المطرْ
And I embraced your love in the sky, as though I were
those clouds, and you the showers of rain.