أَقِيمِي أُطِلْ مِنْ نَظْرَتِي مَا اسْتَطَعْتُهَا

أَقِيمِي أُطِلْ مِنْ نَظْرَتِي مَا اسْتَطَعْتُهَا

إِلَى جَانِبٍ مِنْ وَجْهِكِ المُتَحَوِّلِ

إِلَى جَانِبٍ مِنْ وَجْهِكِ المُتَحَوِّلِ

Stay, so I may prolong my gaze as long as I can,

Gaze long as you are able

upon one side of your turning face.

Upon a changing cheek,

فَمَا بِكِ حُسْنٌ فَوْقَ ذَاكَ وَإِنَّهُ

فَمَا بِكِ حُسْنٌ فَوْقَ ذَاكَ وَإِنَّهُ

لَيُغْنِي المُنَى عَنْ كُلِّ حُسْنٍ مُكَمِّل

لَيُغْنِي المُنَى عَنْ كُلِّ حُسْنٍ مُكَمِّل

For no beauty in you surpasses that, and it

For there is no beauty beyond that,

surely satisfies longing without any beauty to complete it.

Though it suffice the lovesick.

كَذَا المَلَكُ الرَّانِي إِلَى وَجْهِه رَبِّهِ

كَذَا المَلَكُ الرَّانِي إِلَى وَجْهِه رَبِّهِ

لَهُ طَرْفُ مَطُروف وَمَيْلَةُ أَمْيعل

لَهُ طَرْفُ مَطُروف وَمَيْلَةُ أَمْيعل

So too the angel gazing toward his Lord’s face:

Thus the soft-voiced angel to his Lord

he has a stricken gaze and a tilt [final word unclear as written].

Turns a melted gaze, a visage inclined.