وَظَبيٍ تَقسِمُ الآجا

وَظَبيٍ تَقسِمُ الآجا

لَ بَينَ الناسِ عَيناهُ

لَ بَينَ الناسِ عَيناهُ

And a gazelle—lifespans are apportioned

A gazelle dividing the thickets

And a gazelle whose eyes divide the destined hours

among people by his eyes;

With eyes that allot among people

Of death among the people;

وَتوري البَثَّ وَالأَشجا

وَتوري البَثَّ وَالأَشجا

نَ في القَلبِ ثَناياهُ

نَ في القَلبِ ثَناياهُ

and anguish and sorrows are kindled

And hides the misery and trees

And whose teeth kindle anguish and grief

in the heart by his front teeth.

In the folds of its heart

Deep within the beating heart;

وَيَحكي البَدرَ وَقتَ التَم

وَيَحكي البَدرَ وَقتَ التَم

مِ لِلأَعيُنِ خَدّاهُ

مِ لِلأَعيُنِ خَدّاهُ

And the moon at its fullness is mirrored

It describes the full moon and time of darkness

And his cheeks mimic the full moon

before the eyes by his cheeks.

For eyes, its cheeks

To the eyes at its time of completion.

تَعالى اللَهُ ما أَحسَ

تَعالى اللَهُ ما أَحسَ

نَ ما صَوَّرَهُ اللَهُ

نَ ما صَوَّرَهُ اللَهُ

Exalted be God! How beautiful

Glory to Allah, how beautiful is what

Exalted be God! How beautiful

is what God has fashioned!

Allah has depicted

Is the form that God has shaped!

وَلَو مَثَّلَ نَفسَ الحُس

وَلَو مَثَّلَ نَفسَ الحُس

نِ شَخصاً ما تَعَدّاهُ

نِ شَخصاً ما تَعَدّاهُ

And were Beauty itself embodied

And if the ideal of beauty were embodied

If the Essence of Beauty were embodied

as a person, it would not surpass him.

In a person, it would not surpass Him

As a person, it would not surpass him.

لَهُ آخِرَةٌ قَد أَش

لَهُ آخِرَةٌ قَد أَش

بَهَت في الحُسنِ دُنياهُ

بَهَت في الحُسنِ دُنياهُ

He has a hereafter that indeed

He has an afterlife that resembles

He possesses a Hereafter that matches

resembles his worldly life in beauty.

His beauty in this world

His worldly life in its splendor;

فَلَو أَنّا جَحَدنا اللَ

فَلَو أَنّا جَحَدنا اللَ

هَ يَوماً لَعَبَدناهُ

هَ يَوماً لَعَبَدناهُ

So if we were to deny God

So if we were to deny Allah

So that were we to deny God

one day, we would surely worship him.

One day, we would worship Him

One day, we would have worshipped him.

بِنَفسي مَن إِذا ما النَأ

بِنَفسي مَن إِذا ما النَأ

يُ عَن عَينَيَّ واراهُ

يُ عَن عَينَيَّ واراهُ

I would give my life for him! When distance

By my soul, whoever distracted me

My soul is ransom for one whom, if distance

hides him from my eyes,

From my eyes and concealed Him

Should conceal him from my eyes,

كَفاني أَنَّ جُنحَ اللَي

كَفاني أَنَّ جُنحَ اللَي

لِ يَغشاني وَيَغشاهُ

لِ يَغشاني وَيَغشاهُ

it is enough for me that the darkness of night

It suffices me that the wings of night

It suffices me that the wing of night

covers me and covers him.

Cover me and cover Him

Envelops me as it envelops him.