يا غُصنَ بانٍ لَهُ بِالفَرض وَالسننِ

يا غُصنَ بانٍ لَهُ بِالفَرض وَالسننِ

قامَ المُتيَّمُ في سرٍّ وَفي عَلَنِ

قامَ المُتيَّمُ في سرٍّ وَفي عَلَنِ

O bān-tree bough, for whom, in obligatory and voluntary devotions,

O branch inclined to duties and traditions

The love-stricken one has stood, in secret and in public.

The lover arose in secret and in public

بِاللَه يا أَيُّها المَيّاس صل دنفاً

بِاللَه يا أَيُّها المَيّاس صل دنفاً

لَم تَدرِ مُقلتُه ما لذة الوَسَن

لَم تَدرِ مُقلتُه ما لذة الوَسَن

By God, O swaying one, grant union to a lovesick man

By Allah, O cupbearer, pour a drink nearby

Whose eye has never known the sweetness of slumber.

Your tilted goblet knows not the joy of intimacy

وَاعطف عَلَيهِ فِداك النَفسُ مِن رَشأٍ

وَاعطف عَلَيهِ فِداك النَفسُ مِن رَشأٍ

عَهدي بِهِ أَنَّهُ لِلعَهد لَم يَخُن

عَهدي بِهِ أَنَّهُ لِلعَهد لَم يَخُن

And show him compassion—my soul be your ransom, fawn that you are!

And show him favor, your soul its ransom from evil

I have known him never to betray a pledge.

My pledge to him is that he has not betrayed a pact

فَأَنتَ لِلحُسن يا شَمس الضُحى ملكٌ

فَأَنتَ لِلحُسن يا شَمس الضُحى ملكٌ

بَل أَنتَ رُوح وَذاكَ الحسن كَالبَدن

بَل أَنتَ رُوح وَذاكَ الحسن كَالبَدن

For you, O morning sun, are the king of beauty;

So you are to beauty, O sun of morn, a king

Rather, you are the soul, and that beauty is like the body.

Rather, you are spirit and that beauty the body

وَلائِمي فيكَ ما أَجدت مَلامتُه

وَلائِمي فيكَ ما أَجدت مَلامتُه

وَكَيفَ أُصغي لِواش غَير مؤتمن

وَكَيفَ أُصغي لِواش غَير مؤتمن

And he who reproaches me for you—his reproach has availed nothing.

And I blame you for what I have found no fault

And how could I heed a talebearer who cannot be trusted?

And how can I heed a slanderer not to be trusted?

هَيهات أَسلو وَلي في الحُب مَنزلةٌ

هَيهات أَسلو وَلي في الحُب مَنزلةٌ

مِن دُونِها كُل صَبّ فيه مفتتن

مِن دُونِها كُل صَبّ فيه مفتتن

Far be it that I should cease loving! Mine is a station in love

Far from me! I have in love a station

Below which stands every lover enthralled by it.

Beside which any other love is confused

وَلَيسَ لي شاغل عَن حسن طَلعته

وَلَيسَ لي شاغل عَن حسن طَلعته

إِلا اِمتِداح شَريفٍ في العُلا حسن

إِلا اِمتِداح شَريفٍ في العُلا حسن

And nothing distracts me from the beauty of his countenance

And I have no distraction from the beauty of his visage

Save praising Hasan, a nobleman of lofty standing.

Save praising a noble one, beautiful on high

تاج الإِمارة أَسنى مَن لَهُ رُفِعَت

تاج الإِمارة أَسنى مَن لَهُ رُفِعَت

راياتُ مكرمةٍ مِن سالف الزَمَن

راياتُ مكرمةٍ مِن سالف الزَمَن

The crown of the emirate, most illustrious of those for whom were raised

The crown of rule adorns one to whom were lifted

Banners of honor since days of old.

Banners of honor from generations past

بَيت السَيادة عَن جدّ لَه وَأَب

بَيت السَيادة عَن جدّ لَه وَأَب

قَد عَمَّ مِن قَبله الأَيتام بِالمنن

قَد عَمَّ مِن قَبله الأَيتام بِالمنن

A house of lordship, inherited from his grandfather and father,

The house of mastery over ancestry for him and father

Who, before him, had showered all orphans with favors.

Has always cared for orphans with kindness