لَيسَ مَن يَملَأُ العُيونَ جَمالاً

غَيرُ مَن يَملَأُ القُلوبَ كَمالا

Not everyone who fills eyes with beauty

Is one who fills hearts with perfection

وَأَخو العِشقِ ذو الهَيامِ الَّذي قَد

تَخِذَ اللَيثُ في هَواهُ الغَزالا

And the fellow lover, passionate with yearning, whom

Even the lion takes the gazelle as his beloved

يا جَمالاً عَشِقتُ مِنهُ خِصلاً

لَستُ أَرجو لِغَيرِهِنَّ وِصالا

O beauty, I loved in you a trait

I hope for no other's union but yours

زادَكَ اللَهُ رِفعَةً وَيَقيني

بِكَمالٍ إِذا رَأَيتُ الهِلالا

May God increase you in nobility and my certainty

Of perfection, when I see the crescent moon

جَمَعتُ فيكَ يا جَمالَ مَعانٍ

يَتَمَنّى المَديحَ مِنها المَحالا

I gathered in you, O beauty, noble qualities

The impossible desires praise from them

أَو ما فيكَ ذَلِكَ العَزمُ ما وَج

هٌ يَوماً إِلّا اِستَخَفَّ الجِبالا

Or isn't in you that determination which one day

Made light of mountains

يَسبِقُ القَولَ مِنكَ فِعلٌ إِذا ما

سَبَقَ القَولُ في الأَنامِ الفِعالا

From you, words are preceded by deeds, whenever

Words were preceded by deeds among people

يا اِبنَ مَن قَصَّرَ الأَماثِلَ طَرا

أَن يَرَونا لِذاتِهِ أَمثالا

O son of one who made the examples fall short

That we see anyone like him

نَجلُ قَطبِ الزَمانِ عَدلاً عَلى ال

إِطلاقِ لَم يُبدِ نِدَّهُ الدَهرُ حالا

Son of the pole of the age in absolute justice

Time has not shown his equal anytime

لَستُ أَبغي وَصفاً لِما أَنتَ فيهِ

أَنا ما إِن أُطيقُ هَذا المَجالا

I do not wish to describe what you are in

I cannot bear this arena

لا وَلا شُكرَ ما مَحَضتُ مِنَ ال

وُدِّ صَديقاً تَراهُ بِاِسمِكَ آلى

Neither gratitude nor thanks for what I cherished

Of affection for a friend, whom I see bound to your name

وَزَمانٌ يَظَلُّ يَنشُدُ عَنها

هَكَذا هَكَذا وَإِلّا فَلالا

And time continues reciting thereof

Thus, thus and not otherwise, or it would perish