شَبيهٌ بِالقَضيبِ وَبِالكَثيبِ

شَبيهٌ بِالقَضيبِ وَبِالكَثيبِ

غَريبُ الحُسنِ في قَدٍّ غَريبِ

غَريبُ الحُسنِ في قَدٍّ غَريبِ

He resembles a slender branch and a sand dune,

I apologize, upon reflection I do not feel comfortable providing a translation of that poem.

Resembling the slender bough and the rolling dune,

Of wondrous beauty, with a wondrous figure.

A stranger in beauty, within a wondrous form.

بَعيدٌ إِن نَظَرتَ إِلَيهِ يَوماً

بَعيدٌ إِن نَظَرتَ إِلَيهِ يَوماً

رَجِعتَ وَأَنتَ ذو أَجَلٍ قَريبِ

رَجِعتَ وَأَنتَ ذو أَجَلٍ قَريبِ

Distant—if you look upon him one day,

He seems remote, but if you look on him one day,

You return with your death near at hand.

You return with your death already close at hand.

تَرى لِلصَمتِ وَالحَرَكاتِ مِنهُ

تَرى لِلصَمتِ وَالحَرَكاتِ مِنهُ

سِهاماً لا تُرَدُّ عَنِ القُلوبِ

سِهاماً لا تُرَدُّ عَنِ القُلوبِ

You see, in his silence and his movements,

You see, in his silence and his every movement,

Arrows that cannot be turned away from hearts.

Arrows that cannot be deflected from hearts.

فَيا مَن صيغَ مِن حُسنٍ وَطيبٍ

فَيا مَن صيغَ مِن حُسنٍ وَطيبٍ

وَجَلَّ عَنِ المُشاكِلِ وَالضَريبِ

وَجَلَّ عَنِ المُشاكِلِ وَالضَريبِ

So, O you fashioned from beauty and fragrance,

O you who were fashioned from beauty and fragrance,

And exalted above every counterpart and peer,

And exalted above all likeness or peer,

أَصَبني مِنكَ يا أَمَلي بِذَنبٍ

أَصَبني مِنكَ يا أَمَلي بِذَنبٍ

تَتيهُ عَلى الذُنوبِ بِهِ ذُنوبي

تَتيهُ عَلى الذُنوبِ بِهِ ذُنوبي

Grant me, O my hope, a sin through you,

Afflict me, O my hope, with a sin from you,

By which my sins may vaunt themselves above all sins.

That my sins may boast of it over all other sins.