تَمَشَّى بِصَحْنِ الجَامعِ اليَوْمَ شادِنٌ

تَمَشَّى بِصَحْنِ الجَامعِ اليَوْمَ شادِنٌ

عَلى قَدِّهِ أَغْصَانُ بانِ النَّقا تُثْني

عَلى قَدِّهِ أَغْصَانُ بانِ النَّقا تُثْني

A young gazelle strolled through the mosque’s courtyard today.

In the mosque's courtyard walked Shadan today

The boughs of the sandhill’s bān trees praise his stature.

Bending are the boughs of narcissus on his stature

فَقُلْتُ وَقد لاحتْ عليهِ حَلاوةٌ

فَقُلْتُ وَقد لاحتْ عليهِ حَلاوةٌ

أَلا فانْظُروا هَذي الحَلاوَةُ في الصَّحْنِ

أَلا فانْظُروا هَذي الحَلاوَةُ في الصَّحْنِ

So I said, as sweetness shone upon him:

I said, as sweetness shone on him,

Ah, then look at this sweetness in the courtyard!

"Look at this sweet one in the courtyard!"