وَشَادِنٍ شَبَّهْتُهُ إذْ بَدَا

وَشَادِنٍ شَبَّهْتُهُ إذْ بَدَا

بدراً بغصنٍ جَلَّ مَنْ كَمَّلَهْ

بدراً بغصنٍ جَلَّ مَنْ كَمَّلَهْ

And a young gazelle—when he appeared, I likened him

And a young man I compared when he appeared,

to a full moon upon a bough; exalted is He who perfected him.

To a full moon on a swaying branch, perfected.

لاَ تحسبِ التعديلَ سَوَّاهُ بَلْ

لاَ تحسبِ التعديلَ سَوَّاهُ بَلْ

إنَّ الذِي سَوَّاهُ قَدْ عَدَّلَهْ

إنَّ الذِي سَوَّاهُ قَدْ عَدَّلَهْ

Do not think that proportion fashioned him; rather,

Do not think adaptation made him so,

indeed, He who fashioned him has proportioned him.

Rather, the one who made him adapted him.