وَمُهَفهَفٍ طاوي الحَشا

وَمُهَفهَفٍ طاوي الحَشا

خَنِثِ المَعاطِفِ وَالنَظَر

خَنِثِ المَعاطِفِ وَالنَظَر

And a slender beauty, lean about the waist,

And a slender one, lean of waist,

supple in his body’s curves and in his gaze,

delicate of figure and gaze,

مَلَأَ العُيونَ بِصورَةٍ

مَلَأَ العُيونَ بِصورَةٍ

تُلِيَت مَحاسِنُها سُوَر

تُلِيَت مَحاسِنُها سُوَر

filled every eye with his image—

filled the eyes with a form

whose beauties were recited as Qur’anic surahs.

whose beauties were recited as surahs.

فَإِذا رَنا وَإِذا مَشى

فَإِذا رَنا وَإِذا مَشى

وَإِذا شَدا وَإِذا سَفَر

وَإِذا شَدا وَإِذا سَفَر

Whenever he gazed, and whenever he walked,

So when he gazed, and when he walked,

whenever he sang, and whenever he unveiled his face,

and when he sang, and when he unveiled his face,

فَضَحَ الغَزالَةَ وَالغَمامَةَ

فَضَحَ الغَزالَةَ وَالغَمامَةَ

وَالحَمامَةَ وَالقَمَر

وَالحَمامَةَ وَالقَمَر

he put the gazelle and the cloud to shame,

he put the gazelle and the cloud to shame,

and the dove and the moon.

and the dove and the moon.