يا بَديعاً لا تَحتويهِ النعوتُ

يا بَديعاً لا تَحتويهِ النعوتُ

لك وجهٌ تحيي به وَتُميتُ

لك وجهٌ تحيي به وَتُميتُ

O wondrous one whom descriptions cannot encompass,

O matchless one whom attributes fail to describe

You have a face with which you give life and cause death.

You have a face that gives life and death with a glance

لو رآكَ القَضيبُ تخطرُ يَوماً

لو رآكَ القَضيبُ تخطرُ يَوماً

ظلَّ من حسنِ ما يرى مبهوتُ

ظلَّ من حسنِ ما يرى مبهوتُ

If the slender bough saw you swaying one day,

If one day the Almighty were to see you

It would remain dumbstruck at the beauty of what it saw.

He would be confounded by your beauty

أو سكنتَ الجنانَ ترتعُ فيها

أو سكنتَ الجنانَ ترتعُ فيها

لأضا من جمالِكَ الملكوتُ

لأضا من جمالِكَ الملكوتُ

Or if you dwelt in the gardens of Paradise, roaming freely there,

Or if you lived in Heaven enjoying its bounty

The heavenly realm would glow with your beauty.

The Celestial Realm would be illuminated by your beauty

أنت قُوتي فَما يضرُّك لو كا

أنت قُوتي فَما يضرُّك لو كا

نَ لِمن أنتَ قُوتُهُ منكَ قُوتُ

نَ لِمن أنتَ قُوتُهُ منكَ قُوتُ

You are my sustenance; what harm would it do you if there were

You are my strength, so no harm can come to you

Sustenance from you for the one whose sustenance you are?

For he who finds strength in you, also finds it in you