للِّهto God دَرُّbounty (expressing praise) مِجَنٍّa shield قدindeed جُنِنْتُI have become besotted بِهِwith it
للِّه دَرُّ مِجَنٍّ قد جُنِنْتُ بِهِ
صِيغَتْwere fashioned كوابجهits bosses (raised studs) منهfrom it علىaccording to قَدَرِmeasure
صِيغَتْ كوابجه منه على قَدَرِ
How splendid the shield with which I have become besotted!
All praise is for Allah, I'm crazy about a beautiful girl
Its bosses were fashioned from it in due proportion.
Her braids were made as if on the image of the full moon
لمdid not يُخْطِerr تشبيهَهُhis comparison مَنْwhoever قالَsaid حينَwhen بَدَاit appeared
لم يُخْطِ تشبيهَهُ مَنْ قالَ حينَ بَدَا
إِنَّindeed الثُّريَّاthe Pleiades بَدَتْappeared فيon صَفْحَةِthe face of القَمَرِthe moon
إِنَّ الثُّريَّا بَدَتْ في صَفْحَةِ القَمَرِ
He who said, when it appeared, did not err in his comparison:
When she first appeared, none could compare her beauty to
“Indeed, the Pleiades have appeared on the face of the moon.”
The Pleiades shining in the face of the moon