لَيسَ مَن يَملَأُ العُيونَ جَمالاً

لَيسَ مَن يَملَأُ العُيونَ جَمالاً

غَيرُ مَن يَملَأُ القُلوبَ كَمالا

غَيرُ مَن يَملَأُ القُلوبَ كَمالا

He who fills the eyes with beauty is none other

Not everyone who fills eyes with beauty

Than he who fills hearts with perfection.

Is one who fills hearts with perfection

وَأَخو العِشقِ ذو الهَيامِ الَّذي قَد

وَأَخو العِشقِ ذو الهَيامِ الَّذي قَد

تَخِذَ اللَيثُ في هَواهُ الغَزالا

تَخِذَ اللَيثُ في هَواهُ الغَزالا

And love’s brother, possessed of passion, is the one whom

And the fellow lover, passionate with yearning, whom

The lion, in his love, has taken for a gazelle.

Even the lion takes the gazelle as his beloved

يا جَمالاً عَشِقتُ مِنهُ خِصلاً

يا جَمالاً عَشِقتُ مِنهُ خِصلاً

لَستُ أَرجو لِغَيرِهِنَّ وِصالا

لَستُ أَرجو لِغَيرِهِنَّ وِصالا

O beauty, whose qualities I have loved,

O beauty, I loved in you a trait

I hope for union with none but them.

I hope for no other's union but yours

زادَكَ اللَهُ رِفعَةً وَيَقيني

زادَكَ اللَهُ رِفعَةً وَيَقيني

بِكَمالٍ إِذا رَأَيتُ الهِلالا

بِكَمالٍ إِذا رَأَيتُ الهِلالا

May God increase your eminence—and my certainty

May God increase you in nobility and my certainty

Of perfection whenever I behold the crescent moon.

Of perfection, when I see the crescent moon

جَمَعتُ فيكَ يا جَمالَ مَعانٍ

جَمَعتُ فيكَ يا جَمالَ مَعانٍ

يَتَمَنّى المَديحَ مِنها المَحالا

يَتَمَنّى المَديحَ مِنها المَحالا

I have gathered in you, O Jamal, qualities

I gathered in you, O beauty, noble qualities

From which praise seeks the impossible.

The impossible desires praise from them

أَو ما فيكَ ذَلِكَ العَزمُ ما وَج

أَو ما فيكَ ذَلِكَ العَزمُ ما وَج

هٌ يَوماً إِلّا اِستَخَفَّ الجِبالا

هٌ يَوماً إِلّا اِستَخَفَّ الجِبالا

Or have you not that resolve, which never turned

Or isn't in you that determination which one day

On any day without making light of mountains?

Made light of mountains

يَسبِقُ القَولَ مِنكَ فِعلٌ إِذا ما

يَسبِقُ القَولَ مِنكَ فِعلٌ إِذا ما

سَبَقَ القَولُ في الأَنامِ الفِعالا

سَبَقَ القَولُ في الأَنامِ الفِعالا

Your deed precedes your words, when

From you, words are preceded by deeds, whenever

Among humankind words precede deeds.

Words were preceded by deeds among people

يا اِبنَ مَن قَصَّرَ الأَماثِلَ طَرا

يا اِبنَ مَن قَصَّرَ الأَماثِلَ طَرا

أَن يَرَونا لِذاتِهِ أَمثالا

أَن يَرَونا لِذاتِهِ أَمثالا

O son of him who made all the eminent fall short

O son of one who made the examples fall short

Of seeing us as equals to his own person.

That we see anyone like him

نَجلُ قَطبِ الزَمانِ عَدلاً عَلى ال

نَجلُ قَطبِ الزَمانِ عَدلاً عَلى ال

إِطلاقِ لَم يُبدِ نِدَّهُ الدَهرُ حالا

إِطلاقِ لَم يُبدِ نِدَّهُ الدَهرُ حالا

Son of the age’s axis in justice, without

Son of the pole of the age in absolute justice

Qualification—time has never shown his equal in any circumstance.

Time has not shown his equal anytime

لَستُ أَبغي وَصفاً لِما أَنتَ فيهِ

لَستُ أَبغي وَصفاً لِما أَنتَ فيهِ

أَنا ما إِن أُطيقُ هَذا المَجالا

أَنا ما إِن أُطيقُ هَذا المَجالا

I seek no description of the state you are in;

I do not wish to describe what you are in

I simply cannot take on this arena.

I cannot bear this arena

لا وَلا شُكرَ ما مَحَضتُ مِنَ ال

لا وَلا شُكرَ ما مَحَضتُ مِنَ ال

وُدِّ صَديقاً تَراهُ بِاِسمِكَ آلى

وُدِّ صَديقاً تَراهُ بِاِسمِكَ آلى

No, nor thanks for what I sincerely bestowed of

Neither gratitude nor thanks for what I cherished

Affection on a friend whom you see has sworn by your name.

Of affection for a friend, whom I see bound to your name

وَزَمانٌ يَظَلُّ يَنشُدُ عَنها

وَزَمانٌ يَظَلُّ يَنشُدُ عَنها

هَكَذا هَكَذا وَإِلّا فَلالا

هَكَذا هَكَذا وَإِلّا فَلالا

And an age keeps singing of it:

And time continues reciting thereof

“Thus, thus—or else, no, no!”

Thus, thus and not otherwise, or it would perish