ياO آمِريyou who command me بالصّبرِto be patient إِنindeed (word begins)
يا آمِري بالصّبرِ إِن
نَindeed (word ends) البَينَparting موعِدُهُits appointed time الغُروبُsunset
نَ البَينَ موعِدُهُ الغُروبُ
O you who bid me be patient, indeed
O you who command me to be patient,
parting's appointed hour is sunset.
Surely the appointed time for separation is sunset,
والصّبرُand patience محمودُpraiseworthy العَواthe outcomes (word begins)
والصّبرُ محمودُ العَوا
قِبِoutcomes (word ends) لَوif only أَطاقَتْهُcould bear it القُلوبُthe hearts
قِبِ لَو أَطاقَتْهُ القُلوبُ
And patience has praiseworthy
And patience is praiseworthy if only hearts can endure it,
outcomes—if only hearts could bear it.
But griefs refuse me which perturb the heart,
لَكنْbut أَباهُrefused it عَليَّto me أَحinnards (word begins)
لَكنْ أَباهُ عَليَّ أَح
شاءٌinnards (word ends) يُقَلقِلُهاshakes them النّحيبُsobbing
شاءٌ يُقَلقِلُها النّحيبُ
But it was denied me by my inmost
And tears like the sea, for its abundance cannot be hoped to ebb.
parts, shaken by sobbing,
ومَدامِعٌand tearful eyes كالبَحرِlike the sea لاnot
ومَدامِعٌ كالبَحرِ لا
يُرجَىis hoped for لِمُفْعَمِهِfor its brimming waters نُضُوبُdrying up
يُرجَى لِمُفْعَمِهِ نُضُوبُ
and tearful eyes like the sea: no
drying of its brimming waters can be hoped for.
Partial English translation: 5 of 8 Arabic lines translated.