إِذاwhen وَصَفَdescribe العُشّاقُthe lovers مَعنىthe essence of جَمالِكُمyour beauty
إِذا وَصَفَ العُشّاقُ مَعنى جَمالِكُم
فَتَجُرُّthen draws يَدُهُits hand عَنaway from كُلِّevery وَصفٍdescription لَهُof it وَصفيmy description
فَتَجُرُّ يَدُهُ عَن كُلِّ وَصفٍ لَهُ وَصفي
When lovers describe the essence of your beauty,
Its hand draws my description away from every description of it.
وَإِنand if عَبَّرواthey speak بِاللُطفِin terms of grace عَنهُof it فَإِنَّنيthen indeed I
وَإِن عَبَّروا بِاللُطفِ عَنهُ فَإِنَّني
أَقولُI say مُعيدُthe renewer of اللُطفِgrace جَلَّis exalted عَنِabove اللُطفِgrace
أَقولُ مُعيدُ اللُطفِ جَلَّ عَنِ اللُطفِ
And if they speak of it in terms of grace, then I
Say: the renewer of grace is exalted above grace.
وَإِنand if عَرَفوهُthey know it بِالأَساميby names فَإِنَّماthen only
وَإِن عَرَفوهُ بِالأَسامي فَإِنَّما
بِهِthrough it لِلأَساميof names وَالكِنىand bynames تَمَّbecame complete ليfor me عَرفيmy knowledge
بِهِ لِلأَسامي وَالكِنى تَمَّ لي عَرفي
And if they know it by names, it is only
Through it that my knowledge of names and bynames became complete.