عِدِيني بوعد تستريح صَبابتي

عِدِيني بوعد تستريح صَبابتي

إِلَيْهِ وأرجوه وإن لم يكن حقّا

إِلَيْهِ وأرجوه وإن لم يكن حقّا

Give me a promise, so my longing may find rest

Promise me with a promise that will soothe my youthfulness

In it, and I may hope for it, even if it is untrue.

I yearn for it even if it's not true

أعلّل نفسِي بانتظار وفائه

أعلّل نفسِي بانتظار وفائه

وأَشفِي به وَسْواسَ قلبي وما أَلْقَى

وأَشفِي به وَسْواسَ قلبي وما أَلْقَى

I console myself by awaiting its fulfillment,

I convince myself with waiting for its fulfillment

And with it cure my heart's disquiet and the suffering I endure.

And heal with it the obsessive thoughts of my heart and what I endure

فإني رأيت الغيثَ يَبْعَثُ رَعْدُه

فإني رأيت الغيثَ يَبْعَثُ رَعْدُه

سَحَاباً وبَرْقاً ثم يتلوهما دَفْقا

سَحَاباً وبَرْقاً ثم يتلوهما دَفْقا

For I have seen rain: its thunder sends forth

For I saw the rain unleashing its thunder

Clouds and lightning; then the rain follows both in torrents.

Forming clouds and lightning then pouring heavily after them

وهَلْ طُرْفة أحلَى وأَلْطَفُ مَوقِعاً

وهَلْ طُرْفة أحلَى وأَلْطَفُ مَوقِعاً

مِن الوَعْدِ يُحْيي العاشِقون به العِشقا

مِن الوَعْدِ يُحْيي العاشِقون به العِشقا

And is there a delight sweeter and gentler in its effect

Is there a more beautiful and gentler feeling

Than a promise, through which lovers keep love alive?

Than a promise that revives the lovers' passion for love