وَمُهَذَّبِ الأَلْفَاظِ مَنْطِقُهُ

وَمُهَذَّبِ الأَلْفَاظِ مَنْطِقُهُ

مَا فِيْهِ مِنْ خَلَلٍ وَلاَ مَيْنِ

مَا فِيْهِ مِنْ خَلَلٍ وَلاَ مَيْنِ

And one whose speech is refined in wording,

His refined speech has no defect or flaw

With neither flaw nor falsehood in it;

Whatever elegance or virtue you wish for

مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ ظَرْفٍ وَمِنْ شِيَمٍ

مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ ظَرْفٍ وَمِنْ شِيَمٍ

مَا فِي مَحَاسِنِهِنَّ مِنْ شَيْنِ

مَا فِي مَحَاسِنِهِنَّ مِنْ شَيْنِ

All the refinement and virtues you could wish for,

None of their beauties contain any shame

With no blemish in their beauties.

When his deeds were completed and became

قَدْ قُلْتُ حِيْنَ تَكَامَلَتْ وَغَدَتْ

قَدْ قُلْتُ حِيْنَ تَكَامَلَتْ وَغَدَتْ

أَفْعَالُهُ زَيْنَاً مِنَ الزَّيْنِ

أَفْعَالُهُ زَيْنَاً مِنَ الزَّيْنِ

I said, when they reached perfection and became—

An adornment of adornments, I said

his deeds—an adornment among adornments:

The most perfect needs no protection from the evil eye

مَا كَانَ أَحْوَجَ ذَا الكَمَالِ إِلَى

مَا كَانَ أَحْوَجَ ذَا الكَمَالِ إِلَى

عَيْبٍ يُوَقِّيْهِ مِنَ العَيْنِ

عَيْبٍ يُوَقِّيْهِ مِنَ العَيْنِ

How sorely the man of perfection needed

A flaw to shield him from the evil eye!