جَريءٌ عَلى قَتلِ النُفوسِ وَإِنَّهُ

جَريءٌ عَلى قَتلِ النُفوسِ وَإِنَّهُ

لَيَجزَعُ مِن لبسِ الحَريرِ وَيَهرَجُ

لَيَجزَعُ مِن لبسِ الحَريرِ وَيَهرَجُ

Bold in slaying souls, yet he

Fearless of killing souls, yet he

is truly distressed by wearing silk and grows flustered.

Will shudder at the wearing of silk robes.

جَرى خاطِرٌ بِالوَهمِ يَوماً بِحُبِّهِ

جَرى خاطِرٌ بِالوَهمِ يَوماً بِحُبِّهِ

فَظَلَّ لِوَهمي خَدُّهُ يَتَضَرَّجُ

فَظَلَّ لِوَهمي خَدُّهُ يَتَضَرَّجُ

One day a thought of love for him ran through my imagination;

A whim passed through his mind one day in love -

so, at my imagining, his cheek kept flushing crimson.

Since then the blush remains upon his cheek.

جَمالٌ يُغَصُّ الطَرفُ عَنهُ جَلالَةً

جَمالٌ يُغَصُّ الطَرفُ عَنهُ جَلالَةً

وَفِعلٌ مِنَ البَينِ المُشَتّتِ أَسمَجُ

وَفِعلٌ مِنَ البَينِ المُشَتّتِ أَسمَجُ

A beauty whose majesty chokes the gaze,

A beauty - eyes modestly avert from it, so glorious -

and conduct uglier than sundering separation.

And deeds dispersed, divided from the unite whole, uncouth.

جَلا وَجهَهُ لِلَيلِ في غَسَقِ الدُجى

جَلا وَجهَهُ لِلَيلِ في غَسَقِ الدُجى

فَنابَ عَنِ الإِصباحِ وَاللَيلُ أَدعَجُ

فَنابَ عَنِ الإِصباحِ وَاللَيلُ أَدعَجُ

He unveiled his face to the night in the depths of darkness;

His face shone to the night in the darkness of gloom,

so it took the place of dawn while the night was pitch-black.

Then turned from dawn whilst night was jet.