وَعاري النَفسِ مِن حُلَلِ العُيوبِ

وَعاري النَفسِ مِن حُلَلِ العُيوبِ

غَدا في ثَوبِ فَتّانٍ رَبيبِ

غَدا في ثَوبِ فَتّانٍ رَبيبِ

And one whose soul is bare of the robes of faults

My bare soul free of faults' adornment

He whose soul is stripped of the robes of defects,

Came forth in the garb of a pampered charmer.

Dawns in a tempting youth's garment

Appeared in the raiment of a captivating, pampered youth.

تَفَرَّدَ بِالجَمالِ وَقالَ هَذا

تَفَرَّدَ بِالجَمالِ وَقالَ هَذا

مِنَ الدُنيا وَلَذَّتِها نَصيبي

مِنَ الدُنيا وَلَذَّتِها نَصيبي

He was peerless in beauty and said, “This

Basking alone in beauty, saying: "This

Unique in his beauty, he declared: "This

Is my share of the world and its pleasure.”

Is my share of the world and its pleasure."

Is my portion of the world and its pleasures."

بَراهُ اللَهُ حينَ بَرا هِلالاً

بَراهُ اللَهُ حينَ بَرا هِلالاً

وَخَفَّفَ عَنهُ مُنقَطِعُ القَضيبِ

وَخَفَّفَ عَنهُ مُنقَطِعُ القَضيبِ

God fashioned him when He fashioned a crescent moon,

God showed him as a new moon one night

God created him when He created a crescent moon,

And the branch’s severed end lightened him.

When the broken clouds began to shift

And made him slender as a severed bough,

فَيَهتَزُّ الهِلالُ عَلى قَضيبٍ

فَيَهتَزُّ الهِلالُ عَلى قَضيبٍ

وَيَهتَزُّ القَضيبُ عَلى كَثيبِ

وَيَهتَزُّ القَضيبُ عَلى كَثيبِ

So the crescent sways upon a slender branch,

So the new moon rocks on a rod

So the crescent moon sways upon a branch,

And the branch sways upon a sand dune.

And the rod rocks on a dune.

And the branch sways upon a sand dune.