كَم أَطنَبَ الناسُ في وَصفِ العِذارِ وَكَم

كَم أَطنَبَ الناسُ في وَصفِ العِذارِ وَكَم

في سَوسَنِ الرَوضِ قالوا لا يُقارِنُهُ

في سَوسَنِ الرَوضِ قالوا لا يُقارِنُهُ

How often people have spoken at length of the cheek's down, and how often

How much people have been excessive in describing rejection, and how much

They have said the garden's iris cannot rival it.

In the lily of the meadow they said it has no equal,

وَطالَما أَرتَبتُ في اِستِحسانِ مَذهَبِهِم

وَطالَما أَرتَبتُ في اِستِحسانِ مَذهَبِهِم

حَتّى اِنجَلَت لي بِتَوفيقِ مَحاسِنُهُ

حَتّى اِنجَلَت لي بِتَوفيقِ مَحاسِنُهُ

And long I doubted whether to approve their view,

And for long have I hesitated in liking their doctrine,

Until, by good fortune, his charms became clear to me.

Until its virtues became clear to me,

وَحاصِلِ الأَمرَ دَعوى الحُسنِ قَد رَفَعَت

وَحاصِلِ الأَمرَ دَعوى الحُسنِ قَد رَفَعَت

وَفيهِ إِثباتُها قامَت قَرائِنُهُ

وَفيهِ إِثباتُها قامَت قَرائِنُهُ

And in short, beauty's claim has been filed,

And the point is, the claim of beauty has been elevated

And in him the evidence arose to substantiate it.

And in it its proofs have been established,

وَاليَومُ بِالحُكمِ يا وَيلاهُ قَد نَطَقوا

وَاليَومُ بِالحُكمِ يا وَيلاهُ قَد نَطَقوا

عَلَيَّ حَتّى لاقى ما أُعايِنُهُ

عَلَيَّ حَتّى لاقى ما أُعايِنُهُ

And today, alas, they have pronounced judgment

And today in judgment, oh woe, they have spoken

Against me, until it met with what I behold.

Against me until I faced what I'm experiencing,

وَباشِرِ اللَحظَ تَنفيذَ القَضا عِجلاً

وَباشِرِ اللَحظَ تَنفيذَ القَضا عِجلاً

وَحاجِباهُ عَلى قَهري تُعاوِنُهُ

وَحاجِباهُ عَلى قَهري تُعاوِنُهُ

And his glance hastily began carrying out the sentence,

And proceed quickly to execute the verdict with a glance

And his two eyebrows help it subdue me.

And its eyebrows in subjugating me are aiding it.