وَأَغيَدٍ مُكتَمِلٍ حُسنُهُ

وَأَغيَدٍ مُكتَمِلٍ حُسنُهُ

لَيسَ لَهُ في الناسِ مِن مُشبِهِ

لَيسَ لَهُ في الناسِ مِن مُشبِهِ

And a graceful youth, his beauty complete—

And a graceful youth whose beauty was complete

among all people, none resembled him.

had no equal among people.

أَسقَطَهُ العارِضُ مِن رُتبَةٍ

أَسقَطَهُ العارِضُ مِن رُتبَةٍ

مُخبَرَةٍ بِالقُربِ مِن رَبِّهِ

مُخبَرَةٍ بِالقُربِ مِن رَبِّهِ

The side-whisker cast him down from a rank

His cheek-beard cast him down from a station

that proclaimed his nearness to his Lord.

said to be near his Lord.

فَقُلتُ إِذ سالَ لَهُ عارِضٌ

فَقُلتُ إِذ سالَ لَهُ عارِضٌ

فَأَعرَضَ العُشّاقُ عَن حُبِّهِ

فَأَعرَضَ العُشّاقُ عَن حُبِّهِ

So I said, when a side-whisker trailed down his cheek

So I said, when a beard flowed down his cheek

and the lovers turned away from loving him:

and the lovers turned away from loving him:

لَو فَكَّرَ العاشِقُ في مُنتَهى

لَو فَكَّرَ العاشِقُ في مُنتَهى

حُسنِ الَّذي يَسبيهِ لَم يَسبِهِ

حُسنِ الَّذي يَسبيهِ لَم يَسبِهِ

Had the lover reflected on the final end

If the lover pondered the end

of the beauty of the one who takes him captive, that one would not take him captive.

of his captor’s beauty, that captor would not captivate him.