قَمَرٌ تَفَرَّدَ بالمَحاسِنِ كلِّها

قَمَرٌ تَفَرَّدَ بالمَحاسِنِ كلِّها

فإليه يُنسَبُ كلُّ حُسْنٍ يُوصَفُ

فإليه يُنسَبُ كلُّ حُسْنٍ يُوصَفُ

A moon, unrivaled in all his charms;

A moon that encompasses all beauties

so every beauty described is ascribed to him.

So every described beauty is attributed to it

فَجَبِينُهُ صُبْحٌ وطُرَّتُه دُجىً

فَجَبِينُهُ صُبْحٌ وطُرَّتُه دُجىً

وقَوامُه غُصْنٌ رطيبٌ أهيَفُ

وقَوامُه غُصْنٌ رطيبٌ أهيَفُ

For his brow is dawn, and his forelock darkness;

Its forehead is the dawn and its profile is the night

and his figure is a supple, slender branch.

Its figure is a fresh, aromatic branch

للهِ ذاك الوجهُ كيفَ تألَّفَتْ

للهِ ذاك الوجهُ كيفَ تألَّفَتْ

فيه بدائِعُ لم تكنْ تَتألَّفُ

فيه بدائِعُ لم تكنْ تَتألَّفُ

God be praised for that face! How there have come together

What a face, by God! How wonderfully composed

within it marvels that never came together before:

Of marvels never before composed

وَرْدٌ يُعَصْفِرُهُ الحَياءُ ونَرْجِسٌ

وَرْدٌ يُعَصْفِرُهُ الحَياءُ ونَرْجِسٌ

يُغْضي إذا طالَ العِتابُ ويُطْرَفُ

يُغْضي إذا طالَ العِتابُ ويُطْرَفُ

a rose that modesty dyes safflower-red, and a narcissus

A rose tinted by shyness and a narcissus

that lowers its gaze when reproach grows long, and is made to blink.

That frowns when blame goes on for too long