وَوَجهٍ تَشَرَّبَ ماءَ النَعيمِ

وَوَجهٍ تَشَرَّبَ ماءَ النَعيمِ

فَلَو عُصِرَ الحُسنُ مِنهُ اِنعَصَر

فَلَو عُصِرَ الحُسنُ مِنهُ اِنعَصَر

And a face that has drunk in the water of bliss—

A face that sipped the water of bliss

so, were beauty wrung from it, it would flow forth.

If beauty could be squeezed from it, it would gush

يَمُرُّ فَأَمنَحُهُ ناظِري

يَمُرُّ فَأَمنَحُهُ ناظِري

فَيَنثُرُ وَرداً عَلَيهِ الخَضَر

فَيَنثُرُ وَرداً عَلَيهِ الخَضَر

He passes, and I offer him my gaze;

It passes, so I give it my gaze

then verdure scatters roses upon it.

And it scatters roses, green upon it

تَمَتَّعَتِ العَينُ مِن حُسنِهِ

تَمَتَّعَتِ العَينُ مِن حُسنِهِ

فَما حَفَلَت بِطُلوعِ القَمَر

فَما حَفَلَت بِطُلوعِ القَمَر

The eye took delight in his beauty,

The eye delighted in its beauty

so it paid no heed to the rising moon.

It cared not for the rising of the moon