رعَىmay preserve اللّهُGod عَصْراًa time غابwere absent عنِّيfrom me عَواذِلِيmy reproachers
رعَى اللّهُ عَصْراً غاب عنِّي عَواذِلِي
بهduring it فَسرقْتُso I stole الوَصْلَunion فيin غَفْلةِheedlessness الدهرِTime
به فَسرقْتُ الوَصْلَ في غَفْلةِ الدهرِ
May God bless a time when my reproachers were absent from me;
God bless a time that passed me by when my friends were near
in it, I stole union while Time was heedless.
In it I stole a union in the heedlessness of fate
أصائِلُlate afternoons وَصْلٍunion بَرَّدتْcooled بنَسِيمِهاwith their breeze
أصائِلُ وَصْلٍ بَرَّدتْ بنَسِيمِها
منfrom الكَبِدِthe liver المَلْهوفِanguished هاجِرَةَnoonday heat الهَجْرِseparation
من الكَبِدِ المَلْهوفِ هاجِرَةَ الهَجْرِ
Afternoons of union cooled, with their breeze,
Breezes of a union that cooled with their breeze
the noonday heat of separation in the anguished liver.
The inflamed liver, emigrant of estrangement
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