بم يجلَ خطُّ عذارهِ وبنانهِ

بم يجلَ خطُّ عذارهِ وبنانهِ

إلا حسبتُ عذارهُ من خظّهِ

إلا حسبتُ عذارهُ من خظّهِ

By what is the line of his cheek-down and fingertips revealed?

With what can the line of his cheek and his beauty be likened,

Except that I thought his cheek-down came from his [handwriting?].

Except I likened the line of his cheek to his writing,

كتب الملاحة في صحيفة خدّهِ

كتب الملاحة في صحيفة خدّهِ

قلم الجمال فحاله من نقطهِ

قلم الجمال فحاله من نقطهِ

Loveliness was written upon the page of his cheek

The piloting was written on the page of his cheek,

by beauty’s pen; thus his appearance comes from its dots.

The pen of beauty so its condition was from its dot,

وأغر يمضي في المتيَّم فعله

وأغر يمضي في المتيَّم فعله

أبداً ولا يجزي المحبَّ بشرطهِ

أبداً ولا يجزي المحبَّ بشرطهِ

And a radiant one whose action takes effect upon the love-stricken,

And the full moon passes in the desperate his action,

always, yet who does not repay the lover according to his terms,

Everlastingly and the lover is not rewarded for his condition,

يبري اليراعَ بأنملٍ موموقةٍ

يبري اليراعَ بأنملٍ موموقةٍ

خصَّت فؤاد المستهام بقطّهِ

خصَّت فؤاد المستهام بقطّهِ

trims the reed pen with beloved fingertips

It captivates the minds with fingertips dyed,

that singled out the lovesick heart for his cutting.

Specifying the heart of the impassioned with its fragments.