صِفاتكَ بِالجَمالِ عَلى اِنفِرادِ

يَرنُّ مَديحَها في كُلِّ نادِ

Your qualities of beauty are unmatched,

Their praise sung in every gathering.

وَأَنتَ بِفهمكَ السامي ذَكيٌّ

يَعيش بِفكرِهِ روح السَدادِ

You are wise with your noble understanding,

The spirit of integrity lives in your thoughts.

أَرقّ مِن المَدامة وَهِيَ تَجلى

وَأَلطَف مِن مُغازَلَة الوِدادِ

More gentle than wine when it sparkles,

And softer than the caress of affection.

نَهَبتَ اللُطف تَسلب كُل قَلبٍ

رُوَيدَك بِالقُلوب وَبِالعِبادِ

You have stolen charm and robbed all hearts,

Hearts and souls are infatuated with you.

عَرفتُكَ مُحسِناً قَد مَنَّ فَضلاً

عَليَّ بِما يَجلُّ مِن الأَيادي

I know you as a benefactor who has favored me

With gifts too glorious for hands to give.

لَقَد سَكَبت عَلَيكَ يَدُ الأَعالي

شُعاعاً فَوقَ أَنوارِ الرَشادِ

The heights have poured their radiance over you,

A light atop the beams of guidance.

رَأَيتُكَ تُبهر الأَنظار فيهِ

فَدَع نَظَري يَراكَ وَخُذ فُوادي

I saw you dazzle all eyes,

So let my sight behold you and take my heart.

وَما نَظَري وَبَعد غَدٍ مَسيري

يُمانِعُهُ باحجبة البُعادِ

Though after tomorrow my sight and my journey

Will be hindered by the veils of distance.

وَلَكن بِالتَصَور كُل يَومٍ

أَزورَك ساعياً وَالشُكر زادي

Yet in my imagination every day

I will visit you, thankfulness my provision.