أما رأيت الجؤذرا
إذا رنا أو نظرا
Have you not seen Al-Jawzara
When he sings or looks
أجفانه ساحرة
يا ويل من قد سحرا
His eyelids are bewitching
Woe to whoever he has bewitched
نأخذ عن هاروت أو
ماروت سحر السحرا
We learn magic from Harut or
Marut, magic of magic
يمجُّ عن رضابه ال
ماذي ريقا خصرا
It overflows with his glance, not
Just a bit did he enchant a waist
صعَّدتُ فيها نظرا
فصوبت لي النظرا
I looked up at him
So he glanced at me
فقلت إذا نظرته
ما كان هذا بشرا
I said, when I looked at him
This cannot be a human
هذلا نظرت وجهه
مهللا مكبرا
When I looked at his face
Glorifying with admiration
مصورا كدميةٍ
كدميةٍ مصورا
Painted like a doll
A painted doll
فديته من قمرٍ
فاق سناه القمرا
I'd sacrifice him, a moon
Whose brightness surpassed the moon
فقم به مهنيا
وقل به مبشرا
Go to him professionally
And speak of him as a giver of good news
هو المجلّي في الورى
بجلبة مهما جرى
He is the one adorned in creation
With a robe no matter what happened
ما هو إلا كعبة
طافت بها كل الورى
He is nothing but the Kaaba
Which all creation revolved around
يقري بعقر داره
وداره أمّ القرى
He neighs at the top of his abode
And his abode is the mother of villages
فاق الأنام محتداً
وسوددا ومفخرا
He surpassed people proudly
As a mighty and boastful one
يرفل في ثوب العلى
لذيله مشمِّرا
He struts in the garment of the most high
With his train gathered
قد أصبحت علومه
للعماء مظهرا
His knowledge has become
For scholars an indication
إذا بدا مقدّما
عنه الورى تأخرا
When he sets out ahead
Creation lags behind him
ذو نسب أوضح من
لألاء صبح أسفرا
Of a lineage clearer than
The radiance of a brilliant dawn
كأنه إذا بدا
لمقلتي طيف كرى
It's as if when he appeared
To my eyelids, an apparition of Kar
مدرّب لدى الوغى
قاد الجياد الضمّرا
Trained in battle,
He led the determined steeds
كهف الورى باني العلى
عالي البنا سامي الذرى
Cave of creation, builder of the most high
Lofty of structure, sublime of rank
أولد مولوداً أتى
مقدّسا مطهرا
Who gave birth to a child who came
Sacred and pure
فحين لاح وجهه
أرخت بدرٌ ظهرا
So when his face appeared
A full moon rose
