قالوا بَدا في خَدِّهِ الشَعرُ

قالوا بَدا في خَدِّهِ الشَعرُ

وَأَنتَ لا عَقلٌ وَلا صَبرُ

وَأَنتَ لا عَقلٌ وَلا صَبرُ

They said, “Hair has appeared on his cheek,

They said the down was sprouting on his cheek

and you have neither sense nor patience,

While you have neither sense nor patience meek

وَاِسوَدَّ خَدّاهُ فَقُلت اِقصِروا

وَاِسوَدَّ خَدّاهُ فَقُلت اِقصِروا

لَولا الدُجى ما حَسُنَ البَدرُ

لَولا الدُجى ما حَسُنَ البَدرُ

and his cheeks have darkened.” So I said, “Enough!

But when his cheeks grew dark I bade them cease

Were it not for the darkness of night, the full moon would not be beautiful.”

Without night's gloom, the moon were incomplete