إِذا عِبتُها شَبَّهتُها البَدرَ طالِعاً

إِذا عِبتُها شَبَّهتُها البَدرَ طالِعاً

وَحَسبُكِ مِن عَيبٍ لَها شَبَهُ البَدرِ

وَحَسبُكِ مِن عَيبٍ لَها شَبَهُ البَدرِ

When I find fault with her, I liken her to the rising full moon,

When I find fault with her, I liken her to the rising full moon,

and her likeness to the full moon is fault enough for you.

And let it suffice you as a fault in her, her likeness to the full moon.

لَقَد فُضِّلَت لُبنى عَلى الناسِ مِثلَ ما

لَقَد فُضِّلَت لُبنى عَلى الناسِ مِثلَ ما

عَلى أَلفِ شَهرٍ فُضِّلَت لَيلَةُ القَدرِ

عَلى أَلفِ شَهرٍ فُضِّلَت لَيلَةُ القَدرِ

Lubna has indeed been favored above all people, just as

Lubna was certainly preferred over people, just as

the Night of Decree has been favored above a thousand months.

The Night of Power is preferred over a thousand months.

إِذا ما مَشَت شِبراً مِنَ الأَرضِ أَرجَفَت

إِذا ما مَشَت شِبراً مِنَ الأَرضِ أَرجَفَت

مِنَ البُهرِ حَتّى ما تَزيدُ عَلى شِبرِ

مِنَ البُهرِ حَتّى ما تَزيدُ عَلى شِبرِ

When she walks a handspan across the ground, she trembles

When she walks a span of the earth, it quakes

from breathlessness, so that she goes no farther than a handspan.

From awe, though she walks no more than a span.

لَها كَفَلٌ يَرتَجُّ مِنها إِذا مَشَت

لَها كَفَلٌ يَرتَجُّ مِنها إِذا مَشَت

وَمَتنٌ كَغِصنِ البانِ مُضطَمِّرُ الخَصرِ

وَمَتنٌ كَغِصنِ البانِ مُضطَمِّرُ الخَصرِ

She has a rump that quivers when she walks,

She has shoulders that quiver as she walks,

and a back like a branch of the bān tree, slender at the waist.

And a slender waist wrapped tightly like a twig.