أَقم لي عُذراً يا عَذول بِحُبّ مَن

أَقم لي عُذراً يا عَذول بِحُبّ مَن

هَواه بَرى جِسمي وأفنى تَجلّدي

هَواه بَرى جِسمي وأفنى تَجلّدي

Find an excuse for me, O reproacher, for loving one

Plead my excuse, O Adoul, for loving one

whose love has wasted my body and exhausted my fortitude.

Whose love consumed my body and undid my resolve

وَنَبّه عُيون الفكر وَاِشهَد جَماله

وَنَبّه عُيون الفكر وَاِشهَد جَماله

تَجد كُلّ مَعنىً حجّة لِموحِّدِ

تَجد كُلّ مَعنىً حجّة لِموحِّدِ

And awaken the eyes of thought, and behold his beauty:

Awaken the eyes of thought and behold his beauty -

you will find every meaning a proof for a monotheist.

You'll find every meaning an argument for the worship of the One.

وَلَيسَ الجَمال اليوسفيُّ بِباهر

وَلَيسَ الجَمال اليوسفيُّ بِباهر

إِذا قيسَ يَوماً بِالجَمال المُحَمّدي

إِذا قيسَ يَوماً بِالجَمال المُحَمّدي

And Yusuf's beauty is not dazzling

Joseph's beauty is not so dazzling

if ever compared with Muhammad's beauty.

When compared one day to Muhammad's beauty.