ومانعٍ للناس من أُنْسِهِ

ومانعٍ للناس من أُنْسِهِ

يغارُ لي منهمْ على نَفْسِهِ

يغارُ لي منهمْ على نَفْسِهِ

And one who denies people his companionship,

Jealous of them for his own soul

Who jealously guards himself from them for me.

And preventing people from his company.

لمسُ الثريَّا للذي يَنْبَري

لمسُ الثريَّا للذي يَنْبَري

لِلَمْسِها أقربُ من لَمْسِه

لِلَمْسِها أقربُ من لَمْسِه

Touching the Pleiades, for one who sets out

Touching the Pleiades is for the one who aspires

To touch them, is more attainable than touching him.

To touch them, closer than touching him.

كم فَلَكٍ للوصلِ قد دار لي

كم فَلَكٍ للوصلِ قد دار لي

بِسَعْدِهِ إذ دار لا نُحْسِه

بِسَعْدِهِ إذ دار لا نُحْسِه

How many a sphere of union has turned for me,

How many orbits has the constellation turned for me

With its good fortune as it turned, not its ill fortune.

With its happiness when it turns, not its misfortune.

قد كَتَبَ الحسنُ على وجهِهِ

قد كَتَبَ الحسنُ على وجهِهِ

ما لا تملُّ العينُ منْ دَرْسِه

ما لا تملُّ العينُ منْ دَرْسِه

Beauty has written upon his face

Beauty has inscribed on his face

What the eye never tires of reading.

What the eye does not tire from studying.

لم يُشْفِقِ الله على بَدْرِهِ

لم يُشْفِقِ الله على بَدْرِهِ

حينَ بَرَاهُ لا ولا شَمْسِه

حينَ بَرَاهُ لا ولا شَمْسِه

God had no pity on His full moon

God did not spare his full moon

When He fashioned him—no, nor on His sun.

When He created him without equal or like.