أَرانيmay He let me see اللَهُGod ياO سَلمىSalma حَياتيthroughout my life
أَراني اللَهُ يا سَلمى حَياتي
وَفيand on يَومِthe day الحِسابِthe Reckoning كَماjust as أَراكِI see you
وَفي يَومِ الحِسابِ كَما أَراكِ
May God let me see you, Salma, throughout my life,
May God let me see you, O Salma, throughout my life,
and on the Day of Reckoning, just as I see you now.
and on the Day of Reckoning, just as I see you.
أَلاwill you not تَجزينَyou reward مَنone whom تَيَّمتِyou enslaved with love عُمراًfor a lifetime
أَلا تَجزينَ مَن تَيَّمتِ عُمراً
وَمَنand one who لَوif تَطلُبينَyou called for him لَقَدsurely أَتاكِhe would come to you
وَمَن لَو تَطلُبينَ لَقَد أَتاكِ
Will you not reward one you have enthralled for a lifetime,
Will you not reward one whom you have enslaved with love for a lifetime,
one who, were you to summon him, would surely come to you?
and one who, if you called for him, would surely come to you,
وَمَنand one who إِنif مِتِّyou died ماتَhe would die وَلاand may not تَموتيyou die
وَمَن إِن مِتِّ ماتَ وَلا تَموتي
وَإِنand if يُنسَأis prolonged لَهُfor him أَجَلٌan allotted lifespan بَكاكِhe would mourn you
وَإِن يُنسَأ لَهُ أَجَلٌ بَكاكِ
One who, if you died, would die—may you never die—
and one who, if you died, would die—may you never die—
and, were his appointed end deferred, would mourn you;
and, if his allotted lifespan were prolonged, would mourn you,
وَمَنand one who لَوif قُلتِyou said مُتdie! وَأَطاقَand he could endure مَوتاًdeath
وَمَن لَو قُلتِ مُت وَأَطاقَ مَوتاً
إِذاًthen ذاقَhe would taste المَماتَdeath وَماand not عَصاكِhe would disobey you
إِذاً ذاقَ المَماتَ وَما عَصاكِ
one who, if you said, “Die,” and dying lay within his power,
and one who, if you said, “Die!” and he could endure death,
would taste death then and never disobey you;
would then taste death and would not disobey you,
وَمَنand one who حَقّاًtruly لَوif اِعطِيhe were given ماwhat تَمَنّىhe wished for
وَمَن حَقّاً لَو اِعطِي ما تَمَنّى
مِنَof الأَرضِthe earth العَريضَةِwide ماnot عَداكِhe would pass you by
مِنَ الأَرضِ العَريضَةِ ما عَداكِ
and one who truly, if granted all he wished for
and one who, truly, if granted all he wished for
in all the wide earth, would choose none but you?
of the wide earth, would not pass you by?
أَثيبيreward هائِماًa lovesick wanderer كَلِفاًinfatuated مُعَنّىtormented
أَثيبي هائِماً كَلِفاً مُعَنّى
إِذاwhen خَدِرَتgrows numb لَهُfor him رِجلٌa foot دَعاكِhe calls out to you
إِذا خَدِرَت لَهُ رِجلٌ دَعاكِ
Reward this love-mad, impassioned, tormented man,
Reward a lovesick wanderer, infatuated and tormented,
who, whenever his leg grew numb, would call your name.
who, when a foot of his grows numb, calls out to you.
