1. إِذا وَصَفَ العُشّاقُ مَعنى جَمالِكُم

    فَتَجُرُّ يَدُهُ عَن كُلِّ وَصفٍ لَهُ وَصفي

    When lovers describe the essence of your beauty,

    Its hand draws my description away from every description of it.

  2. وَإِن عَبَّروا بِاللُطفِ عَنهُ فَإِنَّني

    أَقولُ مُعيدُ اللُطفِ جَلَّ عَنِ اللُطفِ

    And if they speak of it in terms of grace, then I

    Say: the renewer of grace is exalted above grace.

  3. وَإِن عَرَفوهُ بِالأَسامي فَإِنَّما

    بِهِ لِلأَسامي وَالكِنى تَمَّ لي عَرفي

    And if they know it by names, it is only

    Through it that my knowledge of names and bynames became complete.