ومُهَفْهَفٍ فَتَنَ الإِلهُ عبادَهُ

ومُهَفْهَفٍ فَتَنَ الإِلهُ عبادَهُ

إذ ساقَ حسنَ العالمينَ إليهِ

إذ ساقَ حسنَ العالمينَ إليهِ

And a slender youth through whom God bewitched His servants,

With a beauty that entranced God's servants

when He brought the beauty of all the worlds to him.

When He brought the fairest of creation to them

فكأنَّ بابلَ أصْبَحَتْ في طَرْفِهِ

فكأنَّ بابلَ أصْبَحَتْ في طَرْفِهِ

وكأنَّما الأهوازُ في شفتيهِ

وكأنَّما الأهوازُ في شفتيهِ

So it is as though Babylon were now in his gaze,

So that Babylon seemed to shine from his glance

and as though Ahwaz were in his lips,

And the marshes seemed to flow from his lips

وكأنَّ توقيعَ الرئيسِ مسافرٍ

وكأنَّ توقيعَ الرئيسِ مسافرٍ

في عُرْضِ عارضِهِ يلوحُ عليهِ

في عُرْضِ عارضِهِ يلوحُ عليهِ

and as though the signature of the chief Musafir

And the Caliph's signature traveling

were gleaming across the breadth of his cheek.

Across his cheek appeared upon it