بنفسي شادن أحسن الله له

بنفسي شادن أحسن الله له

وردا يلوح بوجنتيه

وردا يلوح بوجنتيه

My soul for a young gazelle, whom God has graced

With my own self I am happy, may God be good to him

with roses gleaming on his cheeks.

A rose blossoming in his cheeks

مليح قوامه والدلّ والشكل

مليح قوامه والدلّ والشكل

وطيب الكلام من شفتيه

وطيب الكلام من شفتيه

Lovely are his figure, his coyness, and his appearance,

Handsome is his body, gentleness and shape

and the sweetness of speech from his lips.

And pleasant are the words from his lips

كاتباه تمتّعا منه بالقر

كاتباه تمتّعا منه بالقر

ب فما يكتبا الذنوب عليه

ب فما يكتبا الذنوب عليه

His two scribes have enjoyed nearness to him,

His eyebrows wrote enjoyment from being near

so they record no sins against him.

For they do not write sins upon him

هو منّي كالبدر في أفق الجو

هو منّي كالبدر في أفق الجو

و أراه ولا أصير إليه

و أراه ولا أصير إليه

He is as distant from me as the full moon on the sky’s horizon;

He is to me like the full moon on the horizon

and I see him, yet cannot reach him.

I see him, but cannot reach him