بُعِثتَ بِآياتِ الجَمالِ فَآمَنَت

بُعِثتَ بِآياتِ الجَمالِ فَآمَنَت

بِحُسنِكَ أَبصارٌ لَنا وَبَصائِرُ

بِحُسنِكَ أَبصارٌ لَنا وَبَصائِرُ

You were sent forth with the signs of beauty, and so believed

You were sent forth with signs of beauty, and they believed—

in your loveliness our eyes and our inner sight.

our eyes and inner vision—in your loveliness.

وَأَبدَيتَ حُسناً بِاللِحاظِ مُمَنَّعاً

وَأَبدَيتَ حُسناً بِاللِحاظِ مُمَنَّعاً

فَلا خاطِرٌ إِلّا وَفيكَ يُخاطِرُ

فَلا خاطِرٌ إِلّا وَفيكَ يُخاطِرُ

You unveiled a beauty fortified by glances,

And you revealed a beauty guarded by glances,

so no thought but ventures itself for you.

so every thought takes a risk for you.

وَلَمّا بَدَت زُهرُ الثُغورِ وَتاهَتِ ال

وَلَمّا بَدَت زُهرُ الثُغورِ وَتاهَتِ ال

خَواطِرُ وَاِمتَدَّت إِلَيكَ النَواظِرُ

خَواطِرُ وَاِمتَدَّت إِلَيكَ النَواظِرُ

And when the blossoms of mouths appeared, and the

And when the blossoms of mouths appeared, and astray went the

thoughts wandered, and the gazes reached toward you,

thoughts, and gazes stretched toward you,

خَتَمتَ عَلى دُرِّ الثَنايا بِخاتَمٍ

خَتَمتَ عَلى دُرِّ الثَنايا بِخاتَمٍ

عَقيقٍ وَتَحتَ الخَتمِ تُخبى الجَواهِرُ

عَقيقٍ وَتَحتَ الخَتمِ تُخبى الجَواهِرُ

you sealed the pearls of the front teeth with a seal

you sealed the pearls of the front teeth with a signet ring

of carnelian; beneath the seal, the jewels lie hidden.

of agate, and beneath the seal the jewels lie hidden.