يا قومُ قد زار ظبيٌ غيرُ زَوَّارِ

يا قومُ قد زار ظبيٌ غيرُ زَوَّارِ

في جحفلٍ من جيوشِ الحسنِ جَرَّار

في جحفلٍ من جيوشِ الحسنِ جَرَّار

O people, a gazelle has visited, though he is no frequent visitor.

O people, an extraordinary gazelle has come to visit

Amid a vast host from the armies of beauty.

In a throng of beauty's armies, mighty and burdensome

لما تفصّل أقمارٌ مفاصلَهُ

لما تفصّل أقمارٌ مفاصلَهُ

بل وصِّلت فيه أقمارٌ بأقمار

بل وصِّلت فيه أقمارٌ بأقمار

Moons have not yet separated his joints;

When the moons unfold their joints

Rather, moons have been joined to moons within him.

Even more moons are joined together in it

النارُ في الثَّلْجِ من خَدَّيْه مُشْعَلةٌ

النارُ في الثَّلْجِ من خَدَّيْه مُشْعَلةٌ

جلَّ المؤلِّفُ بين الثلجِ والنار

جلَّ المؤلِّفُ بين الثلجِ والنار

Fire is kindled in the snow of his cheeks.

The fire blazes in the snow from its cheeks

Exalted is He who brings together snow and fire!

The composer has reconciled fire and snow

له وللحورِ لو قِيسَتْ به مَثَلٌ

له وللحورِ لو قِيسَتْ به مَثَلٌ

دراهمٌ صَرْفُها ألفٌ بدينار

دراهمٌ صَرْفُها ألفٌ بدينار

For him and the houris, were they compared with him, there is this analogy:

To him and to the houri, if a simile were made

Dirhams exchanged a thousand for one dinar.

Its exchanged dirhams would be a thousand for each dinar