رُدُّواgive back فُؤادِيmy heart ماnot يَعِيشُlives الفَتَىthe young man
رُدُّوا فُؤادِي ما يَعِيشُ الفَتَى
بِلاwithout فُؤادٍa heart ياO بَنِيsons of مالِكِMalik
بِلا فُؤادٍ يا بَنِي مالِكِ
Give back my heart—the young man cannot live
Give back my heart; a young man cannot live
without a heart, O sons of Mālik!
without a heart, O sons of Malik.
لاَmay not وَاخَذَhold to account اللهُGod حَبِيبِيmy beloved فماfor ... not
لاَ وَاخَذَ اللهُ حَبِيبِي فما
يَنْتَصِفُobtains redress الممْلوكُthe slave منfrom مالِكِa master
يَنْتَصِفُ الممْلوكُ من مالِكِ
No—and may God seize my beloved!—for
May God not hold my beloved to account, for
a bondsman can win no redress from a master.
a slave cannot obtain redress from a master.
أَهْلَكَنيdestroyed me الشَّوقُlonging لِنَجْدٍfor Najd وماand ... not
أَهْلَكَني الشَّوقُ لِنَجْدٍ وما
ساكِنُهُits dweller يَشْعُرُis aware بالهالِكِof the perishing one
ساكِنُهُ يَشْعُرُ بالهالِكِ
Longing for Najd has killed me, while
Longing for Najd has destroyed me, yet
its dweller is unaware of the man who is perishing.
its dweller is unaware of the one who perishes.
تركْتُهُI left it أَبْغيI seek دِيارَthe dwellings of اللّوَىal-Liwa
تركْتُهُ أَبْغي دِيارَ اللّوَى
فَضَلَّso went astray ذاthis المسْلَكُthe path بالسالِكِwith the traveler
فَضَلَّ ذا المسْلَكُ بالسالِكِ
I left it, seeking the encampments of al-Liwā,
I left it, seeking the dwellings of al-Liwa;
and this path led the wayfarer astray.
so this path led the traveler astray.
وصِرْتُand I became لاnot هذَاthis ولاnor ذَاthat وَلاnor
وصِرْتُ لا هذَا ولا ذَا وَلا
ظَفِرْتُI attained بالْمَطْلُوبِwith the sought-after thing منfrom ذَلِكِthat
ظَفِرْتُ بالْمَطْلُوبِ من ذَلِكِ
I ended up neither this nor that, nor
I ended up with neither this nor that, nor
did I attain what I sought from all that.
did I gain from that what I sought.
