لي فَقِيرٌ وَهُوَ أَغْنَى الوَرَى

لي فَقِيرٌ وَهُوَ أَغْنَى الوَرَى

بِالحُسْنِ جَلَّتْ قُدْرَةُ الوَاحِدِ

بِالحُسْنِ جَلَّتْ قُدْرَةُ الوَاحِدِ

I have a poor man, yet he is the richest of mankind

I am poor and he is the richest of mankind

In beauty—exalted is the power of the One!

With beauty the value of one is made great

قُلْتُ لهُ لَمّا بَدا وانثَنى

قُلْتُ لهُ لَمّا بَدا وانثَنى

كالبَدْرِ فَوْقَ الغُصنِ المَائِدِ

كالبَدْرِ فَوْقَ الغُصنِ المَائِدِ

I said to him, when he appeared and swayed,

I said to him when he appeared and bent

Like the full moon above a swaying bough:

Like the full moon above the laden branch

قِفْ نَتنادَمْ سَاعَةً قَالَ لي

قِفْ نَتنادَمْ سَاعَةً قَالَ لي

تَقُولُ يَاوَرَّاقُ بِالشَّاهِدِ

تَقُولُ يَاوَرَّاقُ بِالشَّاهِدِ

“Stop; let us drink together awhile.” He said to me,

Stop, let us sit awhile; he said to me

“Do you speak of the witness, O Warraq?”

“You say, O composer, with the witness”

قُلْتُ وَلِلقَاضِي فَنَادَى إذاً

قُلْتُ وَلِلقَاضِي فَنَادَى إذاً

مَا بَيْننَا لِلْوُدِّ مِن عَاقِدِ

مَا بَيْننَا لِلْوُدِّ مِن عَاقِدِ

I said, “And to the judge.” Then he cried, “In that case,

I said, and to the judge, so he called out

There is no one between us to bind our love.”

“Between us there is no bond of love”