يا واصِفَ الغِلمانِ في شِعرِهِ

يا واصِفَ الغِلمانِ في شِعرِهِ

أَنتَ وَرَبّي مِنهُمُ الأَوَّلُ

أَنتَ وَرَبّي مِنهُمُ الأَوَّلُ

O describer of boys in his poetry,

O you who describe the youths in your poetry

O you who describes young men in his verse,

You, by my Lord, are foremost among them.

You and my Lord are the best of them

You, by my Lord, are the foremost among them.

وَصَفتَ خَمسينَ فَمَيَّزتَهُم

وَصَفتَ خَمسينَ فَمَيَّزتَهُم

وَأَنتَ أَنتَ الظِبيَةُ المُغزِلُ

وَأَنتَ أَنتَ الظِبيَةُ المُغزِلُ

You described fifty and distinguished them,

You described fifty, singling them out

You have described fifty and singled them out,

And you—you are the doe with a fawn.

While you, you are the playful gazelle

Yet you yourself are the beguiling gazelle.

عَنّا وَدَعهُم عَنكَ أَو وَصفَهُم

عَنّا وَدَعهُم عَنكَ أَو وَصفَهُم

أَنتَ وَرَبّي مِنهُمُ أَجمَلُ

أَنتَ وَرَبّي مِنهُمُ أَجمَلُ

Away from us—and leave them, or their description, aside.

Leave them be, or describing them

Leave them aside, and cease describing them,

You, by my Lord, are more beautiful than they are.

You and my Lord are the most beautiful

For you, by my Lord, are more beautiful than they.

يا وَزَّةً تَنقُصُ أَمثالُها

يا وَزَّةً تَنقُصُ أَمثالُها

وَقَد تَلاها اللَحِمُ الأَحفَلُ

وَقَد تَلاها اللَحِمُ الأَحفَلُ

O goose, whose like grow scarce,

O cheek dimple that makes its like deficient

O goose whose equal is rarely found,

And the most abundant flesh has followed her.

Though the softest flesh follows it

Followed by the most bountiful flesh,

قَد قُلتُ وَالعُقبَةُ لا تَنقَضي

قَد قُلتُ وَالعُقبَةُ لا تَنقَضي

أُرفُق حَبيبي أَنتَ مُستَعجِلُ

أُرفُق حَبيبي أَنتَ مُستَعجِلُ

I said, while the turn was not yet over:

I have spoken, though the difficulty is endless

I have spoken, and the consequences are endless,

Be gentle, my beloved; you are in a hurry.

Be gentle, my love, you are impatient

Be gentle, my love; you are too hasty.