اذا اخو الحسن اضحى فعله سمجا

اذا اخو الحسن اضحى فعله سمجا

رأيت صورته من أقبح الصور

رأيت صورته من أقبح الصور

When a handsome man's conduct becomes repugnant,

If the brother of beauty acts vulgar,

You see his form among the ugliest of forms.

I see his image as the ugliest of forms.

هبك كالشمس فى حسن ألم ترفا

هبك كالشمس فى حسن ألم ترفا

نفر منها اذا مالت الى الضرر

نفر منها اذا مالت الى الضرر

Suppose you are as beautiful as the sun—have you not seen [us]

Shine like the sun in your beauty, do not incline

recoil from it when it turns harmful?

To harm, for the sun repels when it sets.