نالَ مِنَ الحُسنِ مُنتَهى أَمَلِه

نالَ مِنَ الحُسنِ مُنتَهى أَمَلِه

فَالحُسنُ عَبدٌ يَروحُ مِن خَوَلِه

فَالحُسنُ عَبدٌ يَروحُ مِن خَوَلِه

He has attained all the beauty he could hope for;

He attained the utmost of beauty he hoped for

so beauty is a slave who goes about among his servants.

So beauty is a slave that roams in his imagination

أَيُّ قَضيبٍ عَلى كَثيبِ نَقا

أَيُّ قَضيبٍ عَلى كَثيبِ نَقا

أَحسَنُ مِن خَصرِهِ عَلى كَفَلِه

أَحسَنُ مِن خَصرِهِ عَلى كَفَلِه

What slender bough upon a dune of white sand

What stick over the high dune of Nuqyan

is lovelier than his waist above his buttocks?

Is better than his waist over his shoulder