ما حسن يوسف إلا منك مقتبس

وإن تقدم أجيالاً من القدم

The beauty of Joseph comes solely from you

Though generations have come before him

ولو رأتك زليخا وهي مسرعة

نحو القميص لما قامت على قدم

If Zulaikha had seen you in haste

Toward the shirt, she’d not have stood a moment

ولو ظَهَرتِ لمن أكبرنه شغفاً

لقُطّعت فيك أكبادٌ بلا ألم

And had you appeared to the most ardent lover

Livers would be torn for you without pain