ما وَقعت عيني على منظرٍ

ما وَقعت عيني على منظرٍ

كوجهِه حُسناً ولا قدِّهِ

كوجهِه حُسناً ولا قدِّهِ

Never has my eye fallen upon a sight

My eyes have never fallen upon a sight

as beautiful as his face or his stature.

As beautiful as his face, nor one as tall as his stature

مَن ينسبُ الخمرُ إلى طرفهِ

مَن ينسبُ الخمرُ إلى طرفهِ

وتَنتمي السوقُ إلى خدِّهِ

وتَنتمي السوقُ إلى خدِّهِ

He to whose gaze wine is ascribed,

He who attributes wine to his glances

and to whose cheek the market traces its lineage.

And markets belong to his cheeks

قدرةُ عينيهِ على مهجتي

قدرةُ عينيهِ على مهجتي

كقدرةِ المولى على عبدهِ

كقدرةِ المولى على عبدهِ

His two eyes' power over my soul

The power of his eyes over my innermost being

is like the master's power over his slave.

Is like the power of the Master over His servant

وحسنه ما كان من قبله

وحسنه ما كان من قبله

حسن ولا يحسن مِن بعدهِ

حسن ولا يحسن مِن بعدهِ

And his beauty—never before him was there

And his beauty, never before him

beauty, nor will anything be beautiful after him.

Was there beauty, nor will there be after him