مُتَتايِهٍ بِجَمالِهِ صَلِفٌ

مُتَتايِهٍ بِجَمالِهِ صَلِفٌ

لا يُستَتاعُ كَلامُهُ تيها

لا يُستَتاعُ كَلامُهُ تيها

Conceited in his beauty, he is haughty;

Wandering in his beauty, proud and aloof,

He struts, lost in his beauty, arrogant and vain,

He cannot be addressed because of his conceit.

His words cannot be savored in confusion.

His speech cannot be won, so great is his haughtiness.

لِلحُسنِ في وَجَناتِهِ بِدَعٌ

لِلحُسنِ في وَجَناتِهِ بِدَعٌ

ما إِن يَمَلُّ الدَرسَ فاريها

ما إِن يَمَلُّ الدَرسَ فاريها

On his cheeks are marvels of beauty;

For the beauty in his cheeks there is wonder -

Beauty has etched such novel marvels upon his cheeks,

Their fashioner never tires of studying them.

No sooner does the lesson bore him than he flees.

That their fashioner never wearies of studying them.

لَو كانَتِ الأَشياءُ تَعقِلُهُ

لَو كانَتِ الأَشياءُ تَعقِلُهُ

أَجلَلنَهُ إِجلالَ باريها

أَجلَلنَهُ إِجلالَ باريها

If things could comprehend him,

If things could understand him,

If inanimate things had the mind to perceive him,

They would revere him as they revere their Maker.

They would revere him with the reverence of the Creator.

They would revere him with the reverence due their Creator.

لَو تَستَطيعُ الأَرضُ لَاِنقَبَضَت

لَو تَستَطيعُ الأَرضُ لَاِنقَبَضَت

حَتّى يَصيرَ جَميعُهُ فيها

حَتّى يَصيرَ جَميعُهُ فيها

If the earth could, it would contract,

If the earth could gather itself up

If the earth were able, it would contract itself,

Until he was wholly within it.

It would all withdraw into itself for him.

Until it held all of him within its embrace.