رَأَيْنا غُصونَ البانِ مالَتْ تَوَلُّهاً

رَأَيْنا غُصونَ البانِ مالَتْ تَوَلُّهاً

لسُكَّانِ حَدْباءِ الأَجارِعِ والبَانِ

لسُكَّانِ حَدْباءِ الأَجارِعِ والبَانِ

We saw the bān branches lean in lovesick longing

We saw the branches of the myrtle bend over

Toward the dwellers on the ridge amid sandy tracts and bān trees.

For the dwellers of Hadbaa and Al-Ajar'a and Al-Ban

ونحنُ بمن نَهْوى أَحَقُّ تَلَهُّفاً

ونحنُ بمن نَهْوى أَحَقُّ تَلَهُّفاً

ووجداً وأَشْجانُ الهَوَى أَيُّ أَشْجانِ

ووجداً وأَشْجانُ الهَوَى أَيُّ أَشْجانِ

And we have more cause to yearn for the one we love,

While we, for the one we love, are more deserving of yearning

And to burn with longing—love’s sorrows, what sorrows!

And passion and the passion of love—what passion!

نَميلُ لمن هَزَّ القُلُوبَ وحُبُّهُ

نَميلُ لمن هَزَّ القُلُوبَ وحُبُّهُ

كَفانا عن الخَمَّارِ والخَمْرِ والحَانِ

كَفانا عن الخَمَّارِ والخَمْرِ والحَانِ

We incline toward the one who stirred hearts; and his love

We incline towards the one who shook hearts, and his love

Has left us no need for the wine-seller, the wine, and the taverns.

Sufficed us from wine, drink and tavern