رعىmay He watch over اللهGod قوماa people أوحشوناleft us forlorn بقربهمby their nearness
رعى الله قوما أوحشونا بقربهم
فقربهمfor their nearness مناto us كبعدهمlike their distance عناfrom us
فقربهم منا كبعدهم عنا
May God watch over a people who made us desolate by their very nearness;
May God watch over a people who left us forlorn by their nearness.
for their nearness to us is like their distance from us.
For their nearness to us is like their distance from us.
أقامواthey persisted علىin الإعراضturning away معdespite قربthe nearness of دارهمtheir dwelling
أقاموا على الإعراض مع قرب دارهم
فكانso it was أشدthe bitterest البينseparation قربهمtheir nearness مناto us
فكان أشد البين قربهم منا
They persisted in turning away, though their home was near,
They persisted in turning away despite the nearness of their dwelling.
and so their nearness to us became the harshest separation.
So their nearness to us was the bitterest separation.
