1. يا هندُ أيّ جمالٍ

    أعطاكِ ربي فأبدع

    O Hind, what beauty

    my Lord gave you—how wondrously He wrought!

  2. نعم وأيّ دلالٍ

    فيهِ الخلائقَ روَّع

    Yes, and what coquettish charm,

    with which He awed all creation!

  3. فلو حبيسٌ بدَيرٍ

    رآكِ يوماً تخشَّع

    For if a recluse in a monastery

    saw you one day, he would bow in awe,

  4. كأنَّهُ فارسيٌّ قد

    عاين الشمس تَطلَع

    as though he were a Persian who had

    beheld the sun rising.

  5. فراحَ يعبد هذا

    الجمال والطَرفُ يهمَع

    Then he would begin to worship this

    beauty, his eye streaming with tears.

  6. يجثو لديكِ ولُوعاً

    والناسُ لِله رُكَّع

    He would kneel before you, lovestruck—

    while people bow to God—

  7. من بعد نَذرٍ قضاهُ

    والأَهلَ والمالَ وَدَّع

    after fulfilling a vow

    and bidding farewell to family and wealth.

  8. والعذرُ يا هندُ بادٍ

    يُتلى ويُروى ويُسمَع

    And the excuse, O Hind, is plain,

    recited, recounted, and heard:

  9. هذا حَمامُ أَركٍ

    رآكِ في الروضِ سَجَّع

    Here is the dove of the arak trees:

    it saw you in the garden and cooed,

  10. وهوَ الحزينُ دواماً

    يقضي الحيوةَ مُوَجَّع

    though it is forever sorrowful,

    spending its life in pain.

  11. فالشرقُ والغربُ طرّاً

    والبرُّ والبحرُ أجمع

    So East and West, altogether,

    and land and sea, in their entirety,

  12. والإنس والجن تهوى

    هذا الجمالَ الممنَّع

    and humankind and jinn adore

    this unattainable beauty.