وَسِترٍ لِصاحِبِهِ نيقَةٌ

فَسَلَّمَهُ اللَهُ ما أَحذَقَه

A veil for its owner of fine make

May God protect him for his skillfulness

إِذا ما تَبَدّى تَحَيَّرتَ مِن

صُنوفِ تَصاويرِهِ المونِقَه

When it appears, you're perplexed by

The diversity of its vivid images

تَرى ذا عَلى رَأسِهِ خوذَةً

وَهَذا عَلى خَصرِهِ مِنطَقَه

You see this one with a helmet on his head

And that with a belt around his waist

وَفَرشَ مَراتِبِ ذا مَذهَبٌ

وَفَضَّةُ آلاتِ ذا مَحرِقَه

And this one lined his place with fabric

And the silverware of that glittering

وَهاتيكَ في يَدِها خاتَمٌ

وَهاتيكَ في جيدِها مِخنَقَه

And this one with a ring in her hand

And that with a necklace around her neck

نُشَبِّهُ مَنسوجَهُ كُلَّما

تَباهَت بِأَصباغِهِ المَشرَقَه

We compare its weaving whenever

It boasts with its radiant dyes

بِرَوضٍ جَلَتهُ بِأَزهارِهِ

شَآبيبُ مُرعِدَةٍ مُبرِقَه

To a meadow that dazzled it with its flowers

Flashes of flickering lightning

وَإِلذا فَبِالجَوهَرِ المُنتَقى

إِذا شابَ أَحمَرُه أَزرَقَه

And with the chosen gem

When its redness intermingled with its blueness

فَمُلّيهِ مَن هُوَ في دارِهِ

كَما لَم يُعَلِّقهُ لِلمَحرَقَه

So fold it, you who are in his house

As if you did not hang it out to dry