إن كنتِ للعينِ قُرَّهْ

فأَنتِ للشمسِ ضَرَّهْ

If you are dear to the eye,

Then you are harmful to the sun,

بل ليس للشمسِ من ذا ال

جمالِ مثقالُ ذَرَّه

Nay, the sun has not even an atom's weight

Of this beauty of yours.

هاتي أللشمسِ مما

نعدُّهُ لك قَطْرَهْ

Give the sun some of what

We count for you a drop.

عَيْنٌ وَصُدْعٌ وخالٌ

وحاجبانِ وَطُرَّه

An eye, and a dimple,

And a mole, and a curl,

ومحجرٌ ذو بياضٍ

ووجنةٌ ذاتُ حُمْره

And an eyelid white as ivory,

And a rosy cheek,

تُخَالُ تفاحةً أو

فوردةً أو فجمره

That makes you look like an apple

Or a rose or an ember,

هذا وأنفٌ دقيقٌ

كأَنّه فشرُ دُرَّه

And a slender nose,

As if it were a sprinkling of pearls,

إلى فمٍ والذي صا

غه مليحٌ بِمَرَّه

And a mouth, beautifully shaped

With a bit of bitterness,

إذا تكلَّم سحرٌ

وإِنْ تبسَّمَ زَهْرَه

That when it speaks, it casts a spell,

And when it smiles, it blooms a flower.

رخيصةٌ قُبْلَةٌ من

ه لو تُبَاعُ بِبَدْرَه

A kiss from you, if sold

Would not fetch even a dirham.