إِذا عِبتُها شَبَّهتُها البَدرَ طالِعاً

وَحَسبُكِ مِن عَيبٍ لَها شَبَهُ البَدرِ

When I find fault with her, I liken her to the rising full moon,

And let it suffice you as a fault in her, her likeness to the full moon.

لَقَد فُضِّلَت لُبنى عَلى الناسِ مِثلَ ما

عَلى أَلفِ شَهرٍ فُضِّلَت لَيلَةُ القَدرِ

Lubna was certainly preferred over people, just as

The Night of Power is preferred over a thousand months.

إِذا ما مَشَت شِبراً مِنَ الأَرضِ أَرجَفَت

مِنَ البُهرِ حَتّى ما تَزيدُ عَلى شِبرِ

When she walks a span of the earth, it quakes

From awe, though she walks no more than a span.

لَها كَفَلٌ يَرتَجُّ مِنها إِذا مَشَت

وَمَتنٌ كَغِصنِ البانِ مُضطَمِّرُ الخَصرِ

She has shoulders that quiver as she walks,

And a slender waist wrapped tightly like a twig.