شَعْرُهُ مأتم وخَدَّاه عُرْسٌ

شَعْرُهُ مأتم وخَدَّاه عُرْسٌ

ثم فُوهُ برؤٌ وعيناه نُكْس

ثم فُوهُ برؤٌ وعيناه نُكْس

His hair is a funeral, and his cheeks a wedding.

His hair is a funeral and his cheeks a wedding

Then his mouth is a cure, and his eyes a relapse.

Then his mouth is a vision and his eyes are downcast

فيه ثلجٌ وفيه في الثلج نارٌ

فيه ثلجٌ وفيه في الثلج نارٌ

فيه ليلٌ وفيه في الليلِ شمسُ

فيه ليلٌ وفيه في الليلِ شمسُ

In him is snow, and in him, within the snow, is fire.

In him there is ice and in the ice there is fire

In him is night, and in him, within the night, is a sun.

In him there is night and in the night there is a sun

كلُّ أجفانه سيوفٌ وما لي

كلُّ أجفانه سيوفٌ وما لي

غير قلبي إذا انتضاهنَّ تُرْس

غير قلبي إذا انتضاهنَّ تُرْس

All his eyelids are swords, and I have no

All his eyelids are swords but I have

shield but my heart when he unsheathes them.

Only my heart when he unveils them as a shield

دقَّ في حسنه وجلَّ فأضحى

دقَّ في حسنه وجلَّ فأضحى

هُوَ طوراً يخفى وطوراً يُحَسُّ

هُوَ طوراً يخفى وطوراً يُحَسُّ

He grew subtle and sublime in his beauty, and so now

He knocked on beauty and excelled, so he became

he is at times hidden, and at times perceived.

A mountain, sometimes hidden and sometimes sensed