وذي شَماطيط خافي الحُسنِ ظاهِرُهُ

وذي شَماطيط خافي الحُسنِ ظاهِرُهُ

فَكُلُّ قَلبٍ بِذاكَ الحُسنِ مَشغُوفُ

فَكُلُّ قَلبٍ بِذاكَ الحُسنِ مَشغُوفُ

And one clad in tatters, whose outward appearance conceals his beauty—

And one with scattered locks, whose outward beauty is hidden—

every heart is passionately enamored of that beauty.

For every heart is enthralled by that beauty.

كَأَنَّهُ قمرٌ قَد حَفَّهُ قِطعٌ

كَأَنَّهُ قمرٌ قَد حَفَّهُ قِطعٌ

مِن الغَمامِ فَمَستورٌ وَمَكشُوفُ

مِن الغَمامِ فَمَستورٌ وَمَكشُوفُ

He is like the moon when patches have surrounded it

As though he were a moon encircled by patches

of cloud—thus veiled, yet revealed.

Of cloud—thus veiled and unveiled.