غُلامٌ رَماهُ اللَهُ بِالخَيرِ يافِعاً

غُلامٌ رَماهُ اللَهُ بِالخَيرِ يافِعاً

لَهُ سِيمياءٌ لا تَشُقُّ عَلى البَصَرْ

لَهُ سِيمياءٌ لا تَشُقُّ عَلى البَصَرْ

A youth whom God showered with goodness while still young,

He has an appearance that does not strain the eye.

كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا عُلِّقَت في جَبينِهِ

كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا عُلِّقَت في جَبينِهِ

وَفي حَدِّهِ الشِّعرى وَفي جيدِهِ القَمَرْ

وَفي حَدِّهِ الشِّعرى وَفي جيدِهِ القَمَرْ

As though the Pleiades were hung upon his brow,

And Sirius at his side, and the moon upon his neck.

وَلَما رَأى المَجدَ اِستُعيرَت ثِيابُهُ

وَلَما رَأى المَجدَ اِستُعيرَت ثِيابُهُ

تَرَدّى رِداءً واسِعَ الذَيلِ وَاِتزَرْ

تَرَدّى رِداءً واسِعَ الذَيلِ وَاِتزَرْ

And when he saw that glory's garments had been borrowed,

He donned a broad-hemmed mantle and girded his waist.

إِذا قِيلَتِ العَوراءُ أَغضى كَأَنَّهُ

إِذا قِيلَتِ العَوراءُ أَغضى كَأَنَّهُ

دَليلٌ بِلا ذُلٍّ وَلَو شاءَ لَاِنتَصَرْ

دَليلٌ بِلا ذُلٍّ وَلَو شاءَ لَاِنتَصَرْ

When an offensive remark is uttered, he lowers his gaze, as though he were

A guide without abasement; yet had he wished, he would have retaliated.

رَآني فَآساني وَلو صَدَّ أَلُم

رَآني فَآساني وَلو صَدَّ أَلُم

عَلى حينِ لا بادٍ يُرَجّى وَلا حَضَرْ

عَلى حينِ لا بادٍ يُرَجّى وَلا حَضَرْ

He saw me and aided me; had he turned away, I would have blamed him,

At a time when neither nomad nor townsfolk could be looked to for help.