لَمّا بَدَت بَينَ أَهلِ الحُسن قَد سلِبوا

لَمّا بَدَت بَينَ أَهلِ الحُسن قَد سلِبوا

جَمالَهم فَاِغتَدوا لا حسنَ لا خَفرا

جَمالَهم فَاِغتَدوا لا حسنَ لا خَفرا

When she appeared among the beautiful, they were stripped

When among people of beauty they seemed to lose

Of their beauty, and so were left with neither beauty nor bashfulness.

The beauty they possessed, owning now no grace or charm,

كَأَنَّها الشّمسُ إِذ لا غَيمَ يَحجِبُها

كَأَنَّها الشّمسُ إِذ لا غَيمَ يَحجِبُها

وَهُم لَدَيها نَهاراً أَشبَهوا القَمرا

وَهُم لَدَيها نَهاراً أَشبَهوا القَمرا

She was like the sun when no cloud veils her,

She was as the unveil'd sun, whom clouds do not disguise,

And beside her, in daylight, they resembled the moon.

And they beside her brightness were as moons that night makes dim.