قيلَ لي ظَبيُ الفَيافي حَسَن

قيلَ لي ظَبيُ الفَيافي حَسَن

حُسنُهُ لَم يَكُن بِالمُحتَجبِ

حُسنُهُ لَم يَكُن بِالمُحتَجبِ

I was told, “The gazelle of the desert wilds is handsome;

They said a gazelle's beauty was superb

His beauty was not veiled.”

Though not concealed was her grace observed

قُلتُ لَكن هوَ ما بَينَ الوَرى

قُلتُ لَكن هوَ ما بَينَ الوَرى

حَسن لَو طالَ ذَيلَ الشّنبِ

حَسن لَو طالَ ذَيلَ الشّنبِ

I said, “Yet he, among mortals,

I said "Between all creatures that roam

Would be handsome if his moustache’s tail grew long.”

None fairer than she, though with tail upturned"