قَدindeed طابَbecame pleasant ليfor me مَقيَليmy midday rest
قَد طابَ لي مَقيَلي
فيin سَهلِكِyour plain الجَميلِbeautiful
في سَهلِكِ الجَميلِ
Sweet indeed is my noonday resting place
My midday rest has indeed grown sweet
upon your lovely plain,
In your beautiful plain
فيin ظِلِّكِyour shade الظَليلِsheltering
في ظِلِّكِ الظَليلِ
ياO شَجَرَtrees النَخيلِthe palms
يا شَجَرَ النَخيلِ
within your deep shade—
In your sheltering shade
O palm tree!
O palm trees
ياO جَنَّةَparadise الظِلالِthe shades
يا جَنَّةَ الظِلالِ
ياO مَسبَحَswimming pool الجَمالِbeauty
يا مَسبَحَ الجَمالِ
O paradise of shadows,
O paradise of shade
O pool of beauty,
O pool of beauty
وَياand O جَنىfruit الدَواليthe vines
وَيا جَنى الدَوالي
ياO شَجَرَtrees النَخيلِthe palms
يا شَجَرَ النَخيلِ
and O harvest of the vines—
And O fruit of the vines
O palm tree!
O palm trees
قامَتُكِyour stature الهَيفاءُslender-waisted
قامَتُكِ الهَيفاءُ
ثِمارُكِyour fruits الحَمراءُred
ثِمارُكِ الحَمراءُ
Your figure, willowy and graceful,
Your slender form
your crimson fruits,
Your red fruits
وَالخَيرُand bounty وَالرَخاءُand prosperity
وَالخَيرُ وَالرَخاءُ
ياO شَجَرَtrees النَخيلِthe palms
يا شَجَرَ النَخيلِ
and goodness and prosperity—
And bounty and prosperity
O palm tree!
O palm trees
عَروسَةَbride الصَحراءِthe desert
عَروسَةَ الصَحراءِ
ياO كَعبَةَKaaba الرَجاءِhope
يا كَعبَةَ الرَجاءِ
Bride of the desert,
Bride of the desert
O Kaaba of hope,
O Kaaba of hope
وَياand O هُدىguidance التَيهاءِthe trackless wilderness
وَيا هُدى التَيهاءِ
ياO شَجَرَtrees النَخيلِthe palms
يا شَجَرَ النَخيلِ
O guidance through the trackless waste—
And O guidance through the trackless wilderness
O palm tree!
O palm trees
قَدindeed طابِbecame pleasant ليfor me مَقاميmy stay
قَد طابِ لي مَقامي
وَرَفرَفَتand fluttered أَحلاميmy dreams
وَرَفرَفَت أَحلامي
How pleasant my stay has become,
My stay has indeed grown sweet
and my dreams have fluttered
And my dreams have fluttered
فيin رُكنِكِyour corner الحَرامِsacred
في رُكنِكِ الحَرامِ
ياO شَجَرَtrees النَخيلِthe palms
يا شَجَرَ النَخيلِ
within your sacred nook—
In your sacred corner
O palm tree!
O palm trees
مَطيَتيmy mount اِستَريحيrest
مَطيَتي اِستَريحي
فيat جَنبِهاher side المَريحِrestful
في جَنبِها المَريحِ
My mount, rest now
My mount, rest
beside her comforting side,
At her restful side
فيin ظِلِّهاher shade الفَسيحِspacious
في ظِلِّها الفَسيحِ
فيin جَنَّةِparadise النَخيلِthe palms
في جَنَّةِ النَخيلِ
within her spacious shade,
In her spacious shade
in the paradise of palms.
In the paradise of palms
