هو عندَ الشمس مثل الشم

هو عندَ الشمس مثل الشم

سِ عندَ العالمينا

سِ عندَ العالمينا

Beside the sun, he is like the su

He is to the sun as the sun

n to all mankind;

is to all humankind.

وهو عندَ الغُصنِ فوقَ ال

وهو عندَ الغُصنِ فوقَ ال

غُصنِ إشراقاً ولينا

غُصنِ إشراقاً ولينا

and beside the bough he rises above the bo

And compared with the branch, he surpasses the

ugh in radiance and suppleness—

branch in radiance and suppleness.

فتنةٌ ملكها الحسن

فتنةٌ ملكها الحسن

عيونَ الناظرينا

عيونَ الناظرينا

a spell Beauty has made sovereign over

An enchantment that beauty has given dominion

the eyes of all beholders.

over the onlookers' eyes.

ليتَ ما ظن بهِ النا

ليتَ ما ظن بهِ النا

سُ وبي كانَ يقينا

سُ وبي كانَ يقينا

Would that what peo

Would that what people thought of him

ple suppose of him and me would prove true.

and me were certain.