أحبابناour beloved ones كيفhow اللقاءthe meeting ودونكمand between us and you
أحبابنا كيف اللقاء ودونكم
عرضthe expanse المهامهthe trackless wastes والفيافيand the deserts الفيحwide and open
عرض المهامه والفيافي الفيح
Our beloved ones, how can we meet, when between us and you
Our loved ones, how was the meeting without you
lies the expanse of trackless wastes and wide-open deserts?
The plains stretched out, the winds blowing free
أبكيتمyou made weep عينيmy eye دماblood لفراقكمbecause of parting from you
أبكيتم عيني دما لفراقكم
فكأنماso it is as though إنسانهاits pupil مجروحwounded
فكأنما إنسانها مجروح
You made my eye weep blood at parting from you,
You made my eyes weep blood from missing you
so it is as though its pupil were wounded.
As if my being was deeply wounded
وكأنand as though قلبيmy heart حينwhen يخطرcomes to mind ذكركمthe thought of you
وكأن قلبي حين يخطر ذكركم
لهبa flame الضرامthe blazing fire تعاورتهbuffeted it repeatedly الريحthe wind
لهب الضرام تعاورته الريح
And my heart, when the thought of you comes to mind, is like
And as if when your memory stirs my heart
a flame of blazing fire, buffeted by the wind.
The flames were stirred by the blowing wind