كم غادة كاملة في حسنها

كم غادة كاملة في حسنها

لو يدرك البدرُ سناها لاختبلْ

لو يدرك البدرُ سناها لاختبلْ

How many a maiden, consummate in her beauty—

Many a maiden is perfect in her beauty.

if the full moon perceived her radiance, it would go mad.

Were the full moon to perceive her radiance, it would go mad.

لبَّستُها ثوبَ حريرٍ ناعم

لبَّستُها ثوبَ حريرٍ ناعم

بكراً وزررتُ عليها بالقُبَلْ

بكراً وزررتُ عليها بالقُبَلْ

I clothed her in a robe of soft silk,

I clothed her in a robe of soft silk,

brand-new, and buttoned it over her with kisses.

while she was a virgin, and buttoned it about her with kisses.

ولي فؤاد بالحسان مغرم

ولي فؤاد بالحسان مغرم

يَدكُّه محبوبه دكَّ الجبلْ

يَدكُّه محبوبه دكَّ الجبلْ

And I have a heart enamored of beauties;

And I have a heart enamored of beautiful women;

its beloved crushes it as a mountain is crushed.

its beloved crushes it as the mountain was crushed.

واللات والعزى ظهورانِ له

واللات والعزى ظهورانِ له

بما وراهما وما ورا هبل

بما وراهما وما ورا هبل

Al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā are two appearances for him,

And al-Lat and al-Uzza are two manifestations of him,

through what lies behind them—and what lies behind Hubal.

through what lies behind them and what lies behind Hubal.

والحب كالحب هو الأصل وما

والحب كالحب هو الأصل وما

تبدو له الفروع إلا بالسبل

تبدو له الفروع إلا بالسبل

Love, like seed, is the root, and not

And love, like a seed, is the root, and never

do the branches appear for it except by way of the paths.

do its branches appear except with rain.