ألم تر أن الحسن قد أمر الذي

ألم تر أن الحسن قد أمر الذي

تعشقته إذ كان وفق اختياره

تعشقته إذ كان وفق اختياره

Have you not seen that Beauty has made a prince of the one

Did you not see that beauty itself commanded he

you adored, since he accorded with its choice,

Whom you fell in love with, for he was as per its choice

وألبس ذاك الخد خلعة أطلسٍ

وألبس ذاك الخد خلعة أطلسٍ

يدورُ عليها قندسٌ من عذاره

يدورُ عليها قندسٌ من عذاره

and clothed that cheek in a satin robe of honor,

And adorned that cheek with an attire of satin

encircled by beaver fur from his sideburns?

Upon which a partridge of its tinsel revolved