سِتارَةٌ تُرخى عَلى مَجلِسٍ

سِتارَةٌ تُرخى عَلى مَجلِسٍ

تَمَّت بِهِ اللَذَّةُ وَالأُنسُ

تَمَّت بِهِ اللَذَّةُ وَالأُنسُ

A curtain is lowered over a gathering-place,

A curtain is cast over a gathering

Where pleasure and companionship are complete.

Where pleasure and charm have taken place

تَكونُ لِلشَمسِ حِجاباً وَلِل

تَكونُ لِلشَمسِ حِجاباً وَلِل

غَيثِ وَفيهِ الغَيثُ وَالشَمسُ

غَيثِ وَفيهِ الغَيثُ وَالشَمسُ

It is a screen against the sun, and against the

It will act as a veil for the sun, and for the

Rain—yet within it are rain and sun.

Rain, with the rain and sun both inside

تُلبِسُها بَهجَةَ أَنوارِهِ

تُلبِسُها بَهجَةَ أَنوارِهِ

أَروَعُ ما في فَضلِهِ لَبسُ

أَروَعُ ما في فَضلِهِ لَبسُ

It is clothed in the splendor of his radiance—

It clothes it in the splendor of its lights

A splendid man, whose excellence is beyond doubt.

The finest of what it wears in its grace

المَجدُ جِسمٌ وَهوَ روحٌ لَهُ

المَجدُ جِسمٌ وَهوَ روحٌ لَهُ

وَصورَةٌ وَهوَ لَها نَفسُ

وَصورَةٌ وَهوَ لَها نَفسُ

Glory is a body, and he is its spirit,

Glory is a body, and it a spirit to it

And a form, and he is its soul.

An image, and it the breath to this