مُعتَدِلٌ لَم يَعتَدِل عَدلُهُ

مُعتَدِلٌ لَم يَعتَدِل عَدلُهُ

في عاشِقٍ طالَ بِهِ خَبلُهُ

في عاشِقٍ طالَ بِهِ خَبلُهُ

Well-proportioned, yet his justice lacks balance

A moderate man whose moderation was unequaled

toward a lover whose madness has long endured.

In a lover whose obsession grew long with him

أَطَرفُهُ أَحسَنُ أَم ظِرفُهُ

أَطَرفُهُ أَحسَنُ أَم ظِرفُهُ

أَو وَجهُهُ أَحسَنُ أَم عَقلُهُ

أَو وَجهُهُ أَحسَنُ أَم عَقلُهُ

Is his gaze lovelier, or his charm?

Are his glances more beautiful or his charm?

Or is his face lovelier, or his mind?

Or is his face more beautiful or his mind?

أُنظُر فَما عايَنتَ في غَيِّهِ

أُنظُر فَما عايَنتَ في غَيِّهِ

مِن حَسَنٍ فَهوَ لَهُ كُلُّهُ

مِن حَسَنٍ فَهوَ لَهُ كُلُّهُ

Look: whatever you behold in his waywardness

Look - whatever beauty you see in his absence

of beauty—all of it belongs to him.

Is all his, entire

لَو قيلَ لِلحُسنِ تَمَنّى المُنى

لَو قيلَ لِلحُسنِ تَمَنّى المُنى

إِذَن تَمَنّى أَنَّهُ مِثلُهُ

إِذَن تَمَنّى أَنَّهُ مِثلُهُ

If Beauty were told, 'Make your wishes,'

If perfection were asked to name its desire

it would then wish to be like him.

It would wish it were just like him

أَيُّ خِصالٍ حازَها سَيِّدي

أَيُّ خِصالٍ حازَها سَيِّدي

لَو لَم يُكَدِّر صَفوَها مَطلُهُ

لَو لَم يُكَدِّر صَفوَها مَطلُهُ

What qualities my lord has attained—

What attributes has my master acquired

if only his delays did not cloud their purity!

If only the arrival of his supplies wouldn't muddy his serenity