وَمَقرون الحَواجب رمت يَوماً

وَمَقرون الحَواجب رمت يَوماً

مُقارَنَتي بِهِ فَنَأى دَلالا

مُقارَنَتي بِهِ فَنَأى دَلالا

And one with joined brows—one day I sought

With joined eyebrows, he once compared me

to be united with him, but he withdrew coyly.

To himself, then shunned my company

فَقُلت لَهُ اِتئد يا بَدر حُسن

فَقُلت لَهُ اِتئد يا بَدر حُسن

بَرى جَسَدي فَصيّرَني هِلالا

بَرى جَسَدي فَصيّرَني هِلالا

So I said to him: Be gentle, O full moon of beauty,

So I said, come, O full moon of beauty

who has wasted my body and made me a crescent.

See my body and make me a crescent

وَهَب أَنّي اِتَّصفت بِكُلِّ نَقصٍ

وَهَب أَنّي اِتَّصفت بِكُلِّ نَقصٍ

أَتأبى أَن أَنال بِكَ الكَمالا

أَتأبى أَن أَنال بِكَ الكَمالا

And suppose I am marked by every flaw—

Grant that I am marked by every blemish

do you refuse to let me attain perfection through you?

Yet you refuse me your perfection

عطارد طالِعي سَعداً وَنَحساً

عطارد طالِعي سَعداً وَنَحساً

يَميل مَع المُقارن كَيف مالا

يَميل مَع المُقارن كَيف مالا

Mercury is my ascendant, in good fortune and ill;

Mercury my ascendant, fortune and ill

it inclines with its companion, whichever way that companion inclines.

Sways as my comparator wills and inclination