العيدُ أنتَ وإن هنّوك بالعيد

العيدُ أنتَ وإن هنّوك بالعيد

والحسنُ أنتَ وإِن خَالُوكَ في الغِيدِ

والحسنُ أنتَ وإِن خَالُوكَ في الغِيدِ

You are the festival itself, though they congratulate you on the festival.

You are the Eid, even if they congratulate you on the Eid,

And you are beauty itself, though they think you one of the graceful beauties.

And you are Beauty, though they reckon you merely among the fair,

وما مَجازُ كلام من حقيقته

وما مَجازُ كلام من حقيقته

ولا شهادة علم مثل تقْلِيدِ

ولا شهادة علم مثل تقْلِيدِ

And figurative speech is nothing beside its literal truth,

For the metaphor of speech is distinct from its reality,

Nor is the testimony of knowledge like imitation.

Nor is the testimony of true knowledge like mere imitation.