كَتَبَ الجمالُ بِخَدِّهِ نُسَخَا

كَتَبَ الجمالُ بِخَدِّهِ نُسَخَا

بِمُحَقِّقٍ حُسْنَ الوَرَىَ نَسَخَا

بِمُحَقِّقٍ حُسْنَ الوَرَىَ نَسَخَا

Beauty wrote copies upon his cheek,

Beauty wrote with his cheek manuscript copies

In muhaqqaq script that superseded the beauty of humankind.

In a calligrapher whose work the world has copied

لَوْ عَايَنَتْهُ العَابِداتُ صَبَتْ

لَوْ عَايَنَتْهُ العَابِداتُ صَبَتْ

أَوْ باخِلٌ صانَ اللُّهى لَسَخَا

أَوْ باخِلٌ صانَ اللُّهى لَسَخَا

If devout women beheld him, they would fall in love;

If the nuns saw him they would pour out their passion

Or a miser who guarded his wealth would surely become generous.

Or if a miser, he would give away his treasure out of generosity