اِن كُنتَ تجهله فَالبَدر يَعرِفُهُ

اِن كُنتَ تجهله فَالبَدر يَعرِفُهُ

أَو كُنتَ تَظلِمُهُ فَالحُسنُ يُنصِفُهُ

أَو كُنتَ تَظلِمُهُ فَالحُسنُ يُنصِفُهُ

If you do not know him, the full moon knows him.

Or if you wrong him, beauty does him justice.

ما جاءَهُ الشَعرُ كَي يَمحو مَحاسِنَهُ

ما جاءَهُ الشَعرُ كَي يَمحو مَحاسِنَهُ

وَاِنَّما جاءَه غَمداً يُغَلِّفُهُ

وَاِنَّما جاءَه غَمداً يُغَلِّفُهُ

Hair did not come to him to erase his charms;

Rather, it came to him only as a sheath to enfold him.