قد جاءَ جَيْشُ الحُسْنِ في قَمَرٍ

قد جاءَ جَيْشُ الحُسْنِ في قَمَرٍ

نشر الذؤَابَةَ فَوقْه رَايَهْ

نشر الذؤَابَةَ فَوقْه رَايَهْ

Beauty’s army has come embodied in a moon;

Beauty's army has come in a moon,

he unfurled his forelock above the host as its banner.

unfurling the tress above him as a banner.

أُوتي النبوَّة في الجمالِ وقد

أُوتي النبوَّة في الجمالِ وقد

أَبدى العِذارَ لِقوْمِه آيه

أَبدى العِذارَ لِقوْمِه آيه

He was granted prophethood in beauty, and indeed

He was granted prophethood in beauty, and

he showed his people the down upon his cheek as a miracle.

has shown his cheek-down to his people as a sign.

واوُ العذارِ بطِرْسِ وجْنَتهِ

واوُ العذارِ بطِرْسِ وجْنَتهِ

وَاوُ اليَمينِ بأَنَّه غايه

وَاوُ اليَمينِ بأَنَّه غايه

The wāw of his cheek-down, upon the parchment of his cheek,

The wāw of his cheek-down, on the parchment of his cheek,

is the oath’s wāw, swearing that he is beauty’s utmost perfection.

is the wāw of an oath that he is perfection itself.