وَظَبيَةٍ مِن ظِباءِ الإِنسِ آنِسَةٍ

وَظَبيَةٍ مِن ظِباءِ الإِنسِ آنِسَةٍ

تَجري منِ الروحِ مَجراها مِنَ النَفسِ

تَجري منِ الروحِ مَجراها مِنَ النَفسِ

And an amiable gazelle among the gazelles of humankind,

And a gazelle of humankind, companionable

She courses through the spirit as she does through the breath.

Flowing from the soul its course from the self

كَأَنَّما خَدُّها مِن تَحتِ سالِفِها

كَأَنَّما خَدُّها مِن تَحتِ سالِفِها

صُبحٌ بَدا نورُهُ مِن ظُلمَةِ الغَلَسِ

صُبحٌ بَدا نورُهُ مِن ظُلمَةِ الغَلَسِ

As though her cheek, beneath her sidelock,

As though its cheek beneath its hair

Were dawn whose light appeared from the predawn gloom.

Were dawn whose light shone from the gloom of night

تَبكي وَتَضحَكُ إِن صَدَّت وَإِن وَصَلَت

تَبكي وَتَضحَكُ إِن صَدَّت وَإِن وَصَلَت

فَنَحنُ في مَأتَمٍ مِنها وَفي عُرُسِ

فَنَحنُ في مَأتَمٍ مِنها وَفي عُرُسِ

You weep if she turns away, and laugh if she grants union;

It weeps and laughs, if it is turned away or joins

So, because of her, we are at a mourning gathering and a wedding feast.

We are thus in grief or joy because of it