أظنُّكI think you تبتغىseek حلَبَmilk الثغورِthe lips
أظنُّك تبتغى حلَبَ الثغورِ
ولوand even if عُوِّضْتَyou were given instead بالماءwith water النميرِpure and wholesome
ولو عُوِّضْتَ بالماء النميرِ
I think you yearn for Aleppo of the frontier marches,
I think you seek the milk of lips,
even if you were recompensed with fresh, wholesome water;
even if you were given pure water instead.
وتطلبُand you seek منfrom حَمامِthe doves of الأيكthe grove لحناa melody
وتطلبُ من حَمامِ الأيك لحنا
يَهيجstirs بلابلَthe sorrows of القلبthe heart الذَّكورِever-remembering
يَهيج بلابلَ القلب الذَّكورِ
and you ask the doves of the grove for a melody
And you seek from the doves of the grove a melody
to rouse the longings of the ever-remembering heart.
that stirs the sorrows of the ever-remembering heart.
