وَغُصنِ بانٍ قُلوبُ الناسِ قاطِبَةً

وَغُصنِ بانٍ قُلوبُ الناسِ قاطِبَةً

مِنهُ عَلى خَطَرٍ إِن ماسَ أَو خَطَرا

مِنهُ عَلى خَطَرٍ إِن ماسَ أَو خَطَرا

And a bough of the bān tree—all people's hearts

The hearts of all people are captivated

are imperiled by him if he sways or saunters.

By this alluring branch, if it touches or comes near.

بَدا وَأَبدى بِرُؤياهُ لَنا قَمَراً

بَدا وَأَبدى بِرُؤياهُ لَنا قَمَراً

فيهِ مِنَ الحُسنِ ما لِلعَقلِ قَد قَمَرا

فيهِ مِنَ الحُسنِ ما لِلعَقلِ قَد قَمَرا

He appeared, and the sight of him revealed a moon to us,

It revealed and made evident to us a moon,

with beauty in him that has vanquished reason.

In it is beauty beyond what the mind can grasp.

هُوَ الغَزالُ وَلَكِنِّي عَجِبتُ لَهُ

هُوَ الغَزالُ وَلَكِنِّي عَجِبتُ لَهُ

مِنَ الغَزالَةِ إِذ زارَتهُ أَن نَفَرا

مِنَ الغَزالَةِ إِذ زارَتهُ أَن نَفَرا

He is the gazelle, yet I marveled at him—

It is a gazelle, but what amazed me

that he fled from the doe—the sun—when she visited him.

Is that when the she-gazelle visited, it was alarmed

وَظَلَّ مُستَتِراً مِنها وَمُحتَجِباً

وَظَلَّ مُستَتِراً مِنها وَمُحتَجِباً

عَنها وَنورُهُما في الناسِ قَد ظَهَرا

عَنها وَنورُهُما في الناسِ قَد ظَهَرا

And he remained concealed from her and veiled

And remained concealed from her and hidden,

from her, though their light had shone among the people.

While their light among the people had appeared.

فَقُلتُ حَسبُكَ لا تَخشَ اِجتِماعَكُما

فَقُلتُ حَسبُكَ لا تَخشَ اِجتِماعَكُما

فَالشَمسُ لا يَنبَغي أَن تُدرِكَ القَمَرا

فَالشَمسُ لا يَنبَغي أَن تُدرِكَ القَمَرا

So I said, “Enough! Do not fear your meeting;

So I said, “It suffices you, do not fear your meeting,

for the sun is not to overtake the moon.”

For it is not fitting that the sun should overtake the moon.”