ما ضارَ لابِسَ مِثلِهِ مِن خاتَمٍ

ما ضارَ لابِسَ مِثلِهِ مِن خاتَمٍ

أَن لا يَشُبَّ مَعَ الظَلامِ ذُبالا

أَن لا يَشُبَّ مَعَ الظَلامِ ذُبالا

What harm is it to one who wears a ring like this

The wearer of a ring like it suffers no harm

if no wicks need be kindled when darkness comes?

from lighting no wicks in the darkness.

مُتَأَلِّقٌ أَعداهُ لابِسُ حِليَةٍ

مُتَأَلِّقٌ أَعداهُ لابِسُ حِليَةٍ

فَسَما جَلالاً وَاِستَزادَ جَمالا

فَسَما جَلالاً وَاِستَزادَ جَمالا

Aglow—the ornament's wearer infected it with his radiance,

Radiant, it caught its glow from the jewel's wearer,

and so it rose in majesty and gained yet more beauty,

so it rose in majesty and gained in beauty,

مُتَحَمِّلاً فَصّاً يَروقُ وَحَلقَةً

مُتَحَمِّلاً فَصّاً يَروقُ وَحَلقَةً

مِن جُذوَةٍ وَقَدَت وَماءً سالا

مِن جُذوَةٍ وَقَدَت وَماءً سالا

bearing a gem that delights, and a band—

bearing a pleasing gemstone and a band

the gem from an ember that blazed, the band from water that flowed—

of a blazing ember and flowing water,

في راحَةٍ خُلِقَت سَماءَ سَماحَةٍ

في راحَةٍ خُلِقَت سَماءَ سَماحَةٍ

فَتَقارَنا نَجماً بِها وَهِلالا

فَتَقارَنا نَجماً بِها وَهِلالا

in a palm fashioned as a heaven of generosity;

in a palm created as a sky of generosity,

there the pair came together: a star and a crescent.

so the two were paired there—a star and a crescent.