1. مُعَذَّرٌ فوق مُوَرَّدَيْهِ

    قد ضربَ الحسنُ على خَدَّيْهِ

    A youth with down above his two rose-red cheeks—

    Beauty has marked out upon his cheeks

  2. حَدَّيْهِ ثم انجابَ في حدّيهِ

    فصار حسنُ الناسِ في يديهِ

    its two boundaries, then unfolded within his bounds;

    so the beauty of humankind came into his hands.

  3. يُزْهَى به الإسلامُ في عِيديهِ

    لَبَّيهِ مقرونٌ إلى سَعْدَيهِ

    Islam glories in him on its two Eids;

    'At his service' is coupled with 'gladly at his service.'