1. كل غرام لحسنكم تابع

    وكل حسن إليكم راجع

    Every passion is subject to your beauty,

    and all beauty returns to you.

  2. وكل قلب حي بحبّكم

    منعم بالوصال أو طامع

    And every heart alive through love of you

    is blessed with union or longs for it.

  3. قسمتم الحسن فى الملاح فما

    أحسن مقسوم حسنكم شائع

    You apportioned beauty among the fair—how

    lovely the share of your beauty, spread abroad!

  4. فكيف أسلو ولا أزال أرى

    من كل وجه جمالكم طالع

    How, then, can I cease to love, when I still see

    your beauty dawning from every face?

  5. لولا هواكم ما شاقنى طلل

    بالخيف ناء عن مقلتى شاسع

    But for love of you, no ruined dwelling would stir my longing,

    at al-Khayf, remote and far from my sight.

  6. كلا ولولا بروق بشركم

    ما راقنى بارق الغضا اللامع

    Nay! And but for the lightning-flashes of your smiling face,

    the gleaming lightning of al-Ghada would not delight me.

  7. لا نال قلبى الذىيؤمله

    ان كان يوما بغيركم قانع

    May my heart never attain what it hopes for

    if ever it is content with anyone but you.

  8. هذا جمال الحبيب مقتدر

    صيّر كل امرىء له طائع

    This beauty of the beloved is mighty:

    it has made everyone obedient to it.