1. And a young man I compared when he appeared,
To a full moon on a swaying branch, perfected.
١. وَشَادِنٍ شَبَّهْتُهُ إذْ بَدَا
بدراً بغصنٍ جَلَّ مَنْ كَمَّلَهْ
2. Do not think adaptation made him so,
Rather, the one who made him adapted him.
٢. لاَ تحسبِ التعديلَ سَوَّاهُ بَلْ
إنَّ الذِي سَوَّاهُ قَدْ عَدَّلَهْ