وماand no أتانيcame to me كتابa letter منكfrom you يأمرنيbidding me
وما أتاني كتاب منك يأمرني
إليكto you ياO وجهface إقباليmy good fortune بإقبالto come forward
إليك يا وجه إقبالي بإقبال
No letter from you has ever reached me, bidding me
And no letter from you has reached me, bidding me
approach you, O face toward which I turn,
to come to you, O face of my good fortune,
إلاexcept that أتيتكI came to you منfrom فرطthe intensity of السرورjoy بهat it
إلا أتيتك من فرط السرور به
عجلانin haste أعثرI stumble فيin أذيالthe trailing hems of آماليmy hopes
عجلان أعثر في أذيال آمالي
without my coming to you, from sheer joy in it,
but I have come to you, in sheer delight at it,
in haste, stumbling over the trailing skirts of my hopes.
in haste, stumbling over the trailing hems of my hopes.