أَطلع الله من محياكَ بَدرا

فَوقَ غُصن من قَدّك المياس

God has made a full moon rise from your face,

above the bough of your swaying form.

وَتَبدّيت في مَطارِفِ حُسن

دَهَشت مِنهُ أَعيُنَ الجلاس

You appeared arrayed in mantles of beauty,

and the eyes of those assembled stared in wonder.

وَلَقَد راقَ وَجه حُسنِكَ حَتّى

أَسكَر الناظِرينَ من غَيرِ كاس

So charming indeed was your beautiful face

that it intoxicated all who gazed, without a cup.

وَنَفيت الرِقاد عَن جِفن عَيني

وَتَرَكت الفُؤاد في وُسواس

You banished sleep from the lid of my eye

and left my heart in whispering unrest.

أَيُّها البَدر لَو تقاسى وَلوعى

وَغَرامي رحمت مِمّا أقاسي

O full moon, if you endured my ardor

and my passion, you would have mercy on me for what I suffer.

كَم مشيب بعثته وَسهاد

فتلقيته بِعَيني وَراسى

What graying you have brought upon me—and what sleeplessness!

I received them in my eye and upon my head.

فاتِق اللَه وَاِستَتر بِحجاب

اِنّ رُؤياكَ فتنَة لِلنّاس

So fear God, and conceal yourself behind a veil:

the sight of you is a temptation to all people.