للدل فيه عجائبه

للدل فيه عجائبه

للشكل فيه غرائبه

للشكل فيه غرائبه

Coquetry has its wonders in him,

Coquetry has its wonders in him;

and everyone finds marvels in him.

Form has its marvels in him;

للحسن فيه شمسه

للحسن فيه شمسه

وهلاله وكواكبه

وهلاله وكواكبه

Beauty has in him its sun,

Beauty has its sun in him,

its crescent, and its stars.

And its crescent moon and its stars.

ولصدغه في خده

ولصدغه في خده

حرف تنوق كاتبه

حرف تنوق كاتبه

His temple-lock, upon his cheek,

And his temple-lock upon his cheek

is a letter its scribe fashioned with exquisite care.

Is a letter its scribe fashioned with care.

ظبي يصيح عذاره

ظبي يصيح عذاره

يا غافلين وشاربه

يا غافلين وشاربه

A gazelle—his cheek-down cries,

A gazelle whose cheek-down cries out,

“O heedless ones!”—and so does his moustache.

“O heedless ones!”—and so does his mustache.