قالوا محا حُسْنَه تَجَدُّرُهُ

قالوا محا حُسْنَه تَجَدُّرُهُ

فقلتُ حَسْبِي ما شئتمُ قولُوا

فقلتُ حَسْبِي ما شئتمُ قولُوا

They said, “Smallpox has erased his beauty.”

They said, "Erase his beauty, disfigure him!"

So I said, “He is enough for me; say what you will.”

I said, "It's enough for me, say what you will."

قد كان ياقوتُ خَدِّه عُطلا

قد كان ياقوتُ خَدِّه عُطلا

فالآن قد رَصَّعوه باللُّولُو

فالآن قد رَصَّعوه باللُّولُو

The ruby of his cheek had been unadorned;

Once his cheek was an unmatched ruby,

So now they have studded it with pearls.

Now they have studded it with pearls.