قاسوكthey compared you ببدرto the full moon التّمfullness قومsome people ظلمواthey did wrong
قاسوك ببدر التّم قوم ظلموا
لاno ذنبblame لهمfor them لأنهمbecause they ماnot علمواknew
لا ذنب لهم لأنهم ما علموا
Those who compared you to the full moon did you wrong.
They compared you to the full moon, people who wronged
They are not to blame, for they did not know:
They are not to blame, for they did not know
منfrom أينwhere لبدرfor the full moon التّمfullness ياO ويحهمُalas for them
من أين لبدر التّم يا ويحهمُ
جيدٌa neck وعيونٌand eyes وقوامٌand a figure وفمand a mouth
جيدٌ وعيونٌ وقوامٌ وفم
How could the full moon—alas for them—have
Whence this full moon - alas for them!
A neck, eyes, a figure, and a mouth?
Has a neck, eyes, a form, a mouth