وشادنٍ ذي لِحيَةٍ قد غَدتْ

وشادنٍ ذي لِحيَةٍ قد غَدتْ

مِنْ وجههِ الأقَمرِ في حَيِّزِ

مِنْ وجههِ الأقَمرِ في حَيِّزِ

And a fawn-like youth whose beard now occupies

With a beard that has become,

a region of his moon-bright face—

From his moon-like face, a place to reside

فَقُلْ لذي العَذْل الَّذي عابَهُ

فَقُلْ لذي العَذْل الَّذي عابَهُ

بِها مَقالَ عاشِقٍ مُوجِزِ

بِها مَقالَ عاشِقٍ مُوجِزِ

So tell the reproacher who faulted him

Say to the one of justice, who blamed him,

for it, in the words of a succinct lover:

With the words of a concise lover

أضْحَى مِنَ الأفلاك بَدْريَّها

أضْحَى مِنَ الأفلاك بَدْريَّها

لا بدَّ للأفلاك من مركزِ

لا بدَّ للأفلاك من مركزِ

Among the celestial spheres, he has become their full-moon sphere;

It has become like the full moon of the cosmos

the celestial spheres must have a center.

The cosmos must have a center