لَئِنْeven if فرّقseparated الدّهرُTime المشتِّتُthe scatterer شملَناour togetherness
لَئِنْ فرّق الدّهرُ المشتِّتُ شملَنا
فأصبحتُso I was at dawn فيin شَرقٍthe East وأمسيتَand you were at dusk فيin غَربِthe West
فأصبحتُ في شَرقٍ وأمسيتَ في غَربِ
Though scattering Time has sundered our union,
Though fate may scatter us far apart
so morning found me in the East and evening found you in the West,
With you now in the east and I in the west
لقدindeed عزّهُproved too hard for it تَفريقُdividing صَادِقِsincere وُدِّناour affection
لقد عزّهُ تَفريقُ صَادِقِ وُدِّنا
وأعجزَهand rendered it powerless إبعادُdrawing away قَلبِكَyour heart منfrom قَلبيmy heart
وأعجزَه إبعادُ قَلبِكَ من قَلبي
it has indeed failed to divide our sincere affection,
Our true affections cannot be torn apart
and proved powerless to draw your heart away from mine.
Though your heart from mine may now be wrest
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