أَهلُ المَحاسِنِ كَالكَواكِبِ كَثرةً

أَهلُ المَحاسِنِ كَالكَواكِبِ كَثرةً

مِنهُم حَبيبي ذو الرّضابِ الأعذبِ

مِنهُم حَبيبي ذو الرّضابِ الأعذبِ

Those endowed with charms are as numerous as the stars;

Those endowed with beauty are as numerous as the stars.

among them is my beloved, whose mouth holds the sweetest nectar.

Among them is my beloved, whose saliva is the sweetest.

وَالشَّمسُ مِن بَعضِ الكَواكب غيرَ أنْ

وَالشَّمسُ مِن بَعضِ الكَواكب غيرَ أنْ

لِلشَّمسِ حسنٌ لا يكون لكوكبِ

لِلشَّمسِ حسنٌ لا يكون لكوكبِ

The sun, too, is one of the stars—except that

And the sun is one of the stars, except that

the sun possesses a beauty no star possesses.

The sun has a beauty no other star possesses.