كأَنَّ هِباتِ اللَهِ حينَ تَقَسَّمَت

كأَنَّ هِباتِ اللَهِ حينَ تَقَسَّمَت

اتى حظُّهُ بينَ الوَرَى وافرَ القِسمِ

اتى حظُّهُ بينَ الوَرَى وافرَ القِسمِ

It is as though, when God's gifts were apportioned,

As though God's gifts when they were apportioned

his lot among mankind came with an ample portion.

Gave him of gifts that to the folk were plenteous

ولو جُسِّمَت اخلاقُهُ لرأَيَتها

ولو جُسِّمَت اخلاقُهُ لرأَيَتها

عُقودَ لآلٍ ليس تُدرَك بالوَهمِ

عُقودَ لآلٍ ليس تُدرَك بالوَهمِ

And were his virtues given bodily form, you would see them

And if his nature were divided up

as necklaces of pearls beyond imagination's grasp.

'Twould be loose pearls not to be counted in men's dreams

فما دُونَها رصمٌ وهذه حقيقةٌ

فما دُونَها رصمٌ وهذه حقيقةٌ

وشتَّانَ ما بين الحقيقة والرسمِ

وشتَّانَ ما بين الحقيقة والرسمِ

All that falls short of them is a mere likeness, and these are reality.

So, all besides is fiction, while this is fact

And how far apart are reality and likeness!

And difference far lies between fact and seeming