دعي عنكِ الطلاءَ فليسَ حسناً

دعي عنكِ الطلاءَ فليسَ حسناً

وأيَّ حقيقةً كانتْ مجازا

وأيَّ حقيقةً كانتْ مجازا

Leave off your paint, for it is not beauty;

Leave behind the makeup, for it is not beautiful

And what reality was ever a metaphor?

Whatever truth it was, it was but a metaphor

ومن ذا غرّهُ التحسينُ إني

ومن ذا غرّهُ التحسينُ إني

رأيتُ الشمسَ لا تحتاجُ غازا

رأيتُ الشمسَ لا تحتاجُ غازا

And who is it that embellishment has deceived? Indeed, I

And who is it that embellishment has deceived? For I

have seen that the sun needs no gas.

Saw the sun needing no veil