وَشَادِنٍ شَبَّهْتُهُ إذْ بَدَا

بدراً بغصنٍ جَلَّ مَنْ كَمَّلَهْ

And a young man I compared when he appeared,

To a full moon on a swaying branch, perfected.

لاَ تحسبِ التعديلَ سَوَّاهُ بَلْ

إنَّ الذِي سَوَّاهُ قَدْ عَدَّلَهْ

Do not think adaptation made him so,

Rather, the one who made him adapted him.