أفدي الّذي كُلُّ جُزءٍ من محاسِنهِ

أفدي الّذي كُلُّ جُزءٍ من محاسِنهِ

كلُّ ومِن نورِه تَنبَتُّ أنوارُ

كلُّ ومِن نورِه تَنبَتُّ أنوارُ

I would ransom him, every part of whose beauty

I ransom with my soul the one whose every part

Is a whole; and from his light, lights spring forth.

Of beauty grows more lights from his light

بدرٌ إذا ما نهى عنهُ النُّهى فلهُ

بدرٌ إذا ما نهى عنهُ النُّهى فلهُ

طَرْفٌ بعِصيانِ ذاكِ النَّهْيِ أمّارُ

طَرْفٌ بعِصيانِ ذاكِ النَّهْيِ أمّارُ

A full moon—when reason warns against him, he has

A moon, when ordered to refrain, his eyes still dare

A gaze ever commanding defiance of that prohibition.

Disobey, their every glance a spear in flight

تعاَونَ النَّفس والطَّبعُ الكريمُ معاً

تعاَونَ النَّفس والطَّبعُ الكريمُ معاً

فصوَّراهُ كما يَهوى ويَختارُ

فصوَّراهُ كما يَهوى ويَختارُ

The soul and noble nature worked together,

His nature and his soul in harmony did share

So they fashioned him as he wishes and chooses.

Depicting him as he desires, beyond compare

فلِلطَّبيعةِ منهُ حُسْنُ صورَتِه

فلِلطَّبيعةِ منهُ حُسْنُ صورَتِه

وفي خلائِقِه للنَّفسِ آثارُ

وفي خلائِقِه للنَّفسِ آثارُ

Thus to nature belongs the beauty of his form,

His form by nature graced, his traits by soul declared

And in his character are traces of the soul.

Each shows within the other imprints fair