قلت له لما زها حسنه

قلت له لما زها حسنه

على بدور التم ما أحسنك

على بدور التم ما أحسنك

I said to him, when his beauty shone

I said to him when his beauty shone

Above the full moons, “How beautiful you are!”

Amongst the full moons, how beautiful you are!

وقلت للعاذل يا لائمي

وقلت للعاذل يا لائمي

في جسمه الناعم ما أخشنك

في جسمه الناعم ما أخشنك

And I said to the reproacher, “O you who blame me

And I said to the blamer, O my critic

For his soft body, how harsh you are!”

In his delicate body, how unrefined you are!