ياO مُعْجَباًone impressed بصِفاتِيby my qualities
يا مُعْجَباً بصِفاتِي
للهِto God (in admiration) منّيof mine قِناعُa veil
للهِ منّي قِناعُ
O you who admire my qualities,
How wondrous is the veil I bear,
كهالَةٍlike a halo حوْلَaround بدْرٍa full moon
كهالَةٍ حوْلَ بدْرٍ
يَروقُdelights منْهُfrom it شُعاعُradiance
يَروقُ منْهُ شُعاعُ
Like a halo around a full moon,
Whose radiance delights the eye.
شمْلُthe host المحاسنِof beauties طرّاًall without exception
شمْلُ المحاسنِ طرّاً
لهُfor it لديّwith me اجْتِماعُa gathering
لهُ لديّ اجْتِماعُ
The host of beauties, one and all,
Is gathered together in me.
وماand not جَمالِيmy beauty ببِدْعٍat all unprecedented
وما جَمالِي ببِدْعٍ
إذsince راقَproved pleasing منهُfrom him ابْتِداعُcreative work
إذ راقَ منهُ ابْتِداعُ
Nor is my beauty anything strange,
Since his creative work proved so pleasing.
بناصِرِthrough Nasir الدّينِal-Din (the Faith) أضْحىhas become
بناصِرِ الدّينِ أضْحى
فيهِabout him حَديثيmy words يُذاعُare spread abroad
فيهِ حَديثي يُذاعُ
Through Nasir al-Din, it has come to pass
That my words about him are spread abroad.
لاmay ... never زالَcease للقدْرِfor high rank منْهُthrough him
لا زالَ للقدْرِ منْهُ
فوقَabove النجومِthe stars ارْتِفاعُan ascent
فوقَ النجومِ ارْتِفاعُ
May high rank, through him, ever
Rise above the stars.