عِتاباً كَأَيّامِ الحَياةِ أَعُدُّهُ

عِتاباً كَأَيّامِ الحَياةِ أَعُدُّهُ

لِأَلقى بِهِ بَدرَ السَماءِ إِذا حَضَر

لِأَلقى بِهِ بَدرَ السَماءِ إِذا حَضَر

I count up reproaches as numerous as the days of life,

I count reproach as the days of life itself

To meet heaven’s full moon with them when he appears.

So I may cast it at the full moon when it rises

فَإِن أَخَذَت عَيني مَحاسِنَ وَجهِهِ

فَإِن أَخَذَت عَيني مَحاسِنَ وَجهِهِ

دُهشتُ لِما أَلقى فَيملكُني الحَصَر

دُهشتُ لِما أَلقى فَيملكُني الحَصَر

But if my eye takes in the beauties of his face,

For if the beauty of its face takes my eyes

I am stunned by what I behold, and speechlessness takes hold of me.

I am confounded by what I encounter and am left speechless