قُل لِغُصنِ البانِ الَّذي يَتَثَنّى

قُل لِغُصنِ البانِ الَّذي يَتَثَنّى

تَحتَ بَدرِ الدُجى وَفَوقَ النَقاء

تَحتَ بَدرِ الدُجى وَفَوقَ النَقاء

Say to the swaying branch of the bān tree,

Tell the bending boughs of banana

beneath night's full moon and above the sand dune:

Under the shining moon and above the breeze

رُمتُ كِتمانَ ما بِقَلبي فَنَمَّت

رُمتُ كِتمانَ ما بِقَلبي فَنَمَّت

زَفَراتٌ تَغشى حَديثَ الهَواء

زَفَراتٌ تَغشى حَديثَ الهَواء

I sought to conceal what was in my heart, but it was revealed by

I concealed what was in my heart, so it grew

sighs that envelop the air's murmur,

Sighs that cover the talk of the air

وَدُموعٌ تَقولُ في الخَدِّ يا مَن

وَدُموعٌ تَقولُ في الخَدِّ يا مَن

يَتَباكى كَذا يَكونُ البُكاء

يَتَباكى كَذا يَكونُ البُكاء

and tears that say upon my cheek, “O you who

And tears that say on the cheek, O you

feign weeping—this is how one weeps!”

Who cries like this, such would be weeping

لَيسَ لِلناسِ مَوضِعٌ في فُؤادي

لَيسَ لِلناسِ مَوضِعٌ في فُؤادي

زادَ فيهِ هَواكَ جَفني اِمتِلاء

زادَ فيهِ هَواكَ جَفني اِمتِلاء

There is no room for others in my heart;

People have no place in my heart

love for you within it has made my eyes brim still more.

For it has filled, with love of you, to overflowing