حلي العذار الغَوالي

حلي العذار الغَوالي

أَرخصن طيب الغَوالي

أَرخصن طيب الغَوالي

The precious ornaments of cheek-down

My sweet, pure love

have cheapened the fragrance of costly perfumes.

Who cheapens the finest musk.

كَتَبن سَطر كَمال

كَتَبن سَطر كَمال

زَها بِطرسِ جَمالِ

زَها بِطرسِ جَمالِ

They inscribed a line of perfection

She wrote a line of perfection

that shone upon beauty's parchment.

With features of exquisite beauty.

وَما الجَمال سِوى ما

وَما الجَمال سِوى ما

بِهِ كَمال الرِجالِ

بِهِ كَمال الرِجالِ

And beauty is nothing but that

For what is beauty but that

through which men attain perfection,

Which perfects the virtues of men?

كَمثل سُنّةِ طَه

كَمثل سُنّةِ طَه

بِها تزان المَعالي

بِها تزان المَعالي

like the way of Taha,

Like the way of Moses,

with which lofty virtues are adorned.

With it, glories are balanced.

وَإِنَّ مَن قَد تَحلّى

وَإِنَّ مَن قَد تَحلّى

بِعقدها المُتلالي

بِعقدها المُتلالي

And indeed, he who has adorned himself

And indeed, he who adorns himself

with its glittering necklace

With its string of pearls,

محمّد ذو المَقام الر

محمّد ذو المَقام الر

رفيع باهي المَقالِ

رفيع باهي المَقالِ

is Muhammad, whose station is

Muhammad, whose sublime station

lofty, splendid in speech.

Is lofty, splendid in speech,

قَد طابَ لي طيبها مِن

قَد طابَ لي طيبها مِن

محرّمٍ وَحلالي

محرّمٍ وَحلالي

Its fragrance has indeed pleased me, from

Her sweetness has been perfumed for me

what is forbidden and what is lawful to me.

In what is forbidden and what is lawful.

مهذّب ما نَظَرنا

مهذّب ما نَظَرنا

لِلطفه مِن مِثالِ

لِلطفه مِن مِثالِ

He is refined; we have not seen

Well-mannered is what we saw

any match for his gentleness.

Of her gentleness as an example.

طبع كَنَشر شذا الرَو

طبع كَنَشر شذا الرَو

ض أَو كَماءٍ زلالِ

ض أَو كَماءٍ زلالِ

His nature is like the wafting fragrance of the

A nature like the scent of flowers

garden, or like limpid water.

Spreading, or clear running water,

ذو رقّةٍ وَصَفاءٍ

ذو رقّةٍ وَصَفاءٍ

وَحسن طيب خِصالِ

وَحسن طيب خِصالِ

Possessed of tenderness and purity,

Of tenderness and clarity,

and the beauty of good character,

And goodly, virtuous traits.

وَذو مَقام عليٍّ

وَذو مَقام عليٍّ

لَهُ الثَنا متوالي

لَهُ الثَنا متوالي

and possessed of an exalted station,

And whose station is like Ali’s,

praise for him is unceasing.

For whom praises continue endlessly.

هَذا ولمّا تَجلّى

هَذا ولمّا تَجلّى

لَنا بِأَبهى المجالي

لَنا بِأَبهى المجالي

Thus—and when he appeared

And when she appeared to us

to us in the fairest of appearances,

In the most splendid of forms,

وَبالعذار تحلّى

وَبالعذار تحلّى

خمار ذات دَلالِ

خمار ذات دَلالِ

and with cheek-down was adorned

And adorned herself with chaste love,

the veil of a coquettish beauty,

A cloak of allure,

قال البَها لِيَ أَرّخ

قال البَها لِيَ أَرّخ

عذارُ بَدر كَمالِ

عذارُ بَدر كَمالِ

Splendor said to me, “Record the date:

The full moon said to me, “Record

The cheek-down of a full moon of perfection.”

The date of the perfected full moon.”