أراني منحتُ الحبَّ من ليسَ يعرِفُ

أراني منحتُ الحبَّ من ليسَ يعرِفُ

فما أنصَفَتني في المحبةِ مُنصِفُ

فما أنصَفَتني في المحبةِ مُنصِفُ

I find I have bestowed love on one who does not know it.

I gave love to one who does not know,

So Munsif has not treated me fairly in love.

So the judge did not do me justice in love.

وزادت لَدَنيا حُظوَةً يومَ أعرَضَت

وزادت لَدَنيا حُظوَةً يومَ أعرَضَت

وفي إصبعَيها أسمَرُ اللونِ أهيَفُ

وفي إصبعَيها أسمَرُ اللونِ أهيَفُ

And she gained greater favor with us the day she turned away.

And her charm increased when she turned away,

And between her two fingers was a slender, brown-hued one:

On her fingers brown of hue, bent.

أصَمُّ سميعٌ ساكنٌ متحَرّكٌ

أصَمُّ سميعٌ ساكنٌ متحَرّكٌ

ينالُ جَسيماتِ العُلى وهو أعجَفُ

ينالُ جَسيماتِ العُلى وهو أعجَفُ

Deaf yet hearing, still yet moving.

Deaf though hearing, still though moving,

It attains mighty heights of glory, though it is gaunt.

He reaches the heights, yet lame.

عجِبت لهُ أنَّى ودهرُكَ مُعجِبٌ

عجِبت لهُ أنَّى ودهرُكَ مُعجِبٌ

يُقوِّمُ تحريفَ العِبادِ مُحَرِّفُ

يُقوِّمُ تحريفَ العِبادِ مُحَرِّفُ

How could you marvel at it, when your age is wondrous?

I am amazed—how can it be?—though Time itself is strange:

A distorter sets straight the distortions of humankind.

It rights the wrongs men do, itself perverse.