يُذَكِّرُنٍي هَذَا الْقَرِيضُ وَنُورُه ُ

يُذَكِّرُنٍي هَذَا الْقَرِيضُ وَنُورُه ُ

مَحَاسِنَ مَنْ أهْوَى تَلُوحُ ثُغُورُهُ

مَحَاسِنَ مَنْ أهْوَى تَلُوحُ ثُغُورُهُ

This verse and its light remind me

This poem and its light remind me

This verse and its light remind me

of the charms of the one I love; its mouths gleam.

Of the beauty of the one I love, his radiance shines

Of the charms of my beloved, whose smile gleams.

فَعِزَّتُهُ قَدْ أُشْرِبَتْهَا طِبَاعُهُ

فَعِزَّتُهُ قَدْ أُشْرِبَتْهَا طِبَاعُهُ

وَرِقَّتُهُ قَدْ ضُمِّنَتْهَا خُصُورُهُ

وَرِقَّتُهُ قَدْ ضُمِّنَتْهَا خُصُورُهُ

For its dignity has suffused its nature,

His dignity has soaked his nature

Its majestic pride has been infused into his nature,

and its delicacy has been embodied in its waists.

And his gentleness is embedded in his inner self

And its delicate grace is embodied in his slender waist.

وَإِشْرَاقُهُ فِي النَّفْسِ نُورُ حَبِيبِهِ

وَإِشْرَاقُهُ فِي النَّفْسِ نُورُ حَبِيبِهِ

إِذَا لَاحَ وَالْتَفَّتْ عَلَيْهِ شُعُورُهُ

إِذَا لَاحَ وَالْتَفَّتْ عَلَيْهِ شُعُورُهُ

And its radiance in the soul is its beloved's light,

His radiance in the soul is the light of his beloved

Its radiance within the soul is the light of the beloved,

when he shines forth and his tresses curl around him.

When he appears and turns to him, his hair waves

When he appears, enveloped by his flowing locks.

وَأَوْصَافُهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ تَقْضِي بِأَنَّهُ

وَأَوْصَافُهُ مِنْ بَعْدُ تَقْضِي بِأَنَّهُ

أَمِيرُ كَلاَمِ النَّاسِ بَلْ هُوَ نُورُهُ

أَمِيرُ كَلاَمِ النَّاسِ بَلْ هُوَ نُورُهُ

And its qualities, moreover, proclaim that it is

And his attributes afterwards prove that he

Furthermore, its sublime qualities decree that it is

the prince of human speech—nay, its light.

Is the prince of people's speech, rather he is its light

The prince of human speech; nay, its very light.