أمَر الجَفْن بِسُهْدٍ وَنَهَرْ

أمَر الجَفْن بِسُهْدٍ وَنَهَرْ

دَمْعَهُ المَسْجُومْ

دَمْعَهُ المَسْجُومْ

He bade the eyelid stay sleepless and rebuked

He commanded sleep to his eyelids and a tear flowed,

its streaming tears.

So its flowing became that of a deprived, anguished one.

فَغَدا سَائِلُهُ لَمَّا انْهَمَرْ

فَغَدا سَائِلُهُ لَمَّا انْهَمَرْ

سَائِلاً مَحْرُومْ

سَائِلاً مَحْرُومْ

So its flowing tear, when it poured down, became

His cheek and saliva are apple and aroma,

a supplicant denied.

His face a garden.

خَدُّهُ وَالرّيقُ تُفَّاحٌ وراحْ

خَدُّهُ وَالرّيقُ تُفَّاحٌ وراحْ

وجْهُهُ بُسْتَانْ

وجْهُهُ بُسْتَانْ

His cheek is an apple, and his saliva wine;

The toothstick and temple are night and morning,

his face is a garden.

His stature a sapling.

وَالسَّنَى وَالصُّدْغُ لَيْلٌ وَصَبَاحْ

وَالسَّنَى وَالصُّدْغُ لَيْلٌ وَصَبَاحْ

وَالقَوامُ الْبَانْ

وَالقَوامُ الْبَانْ

And his temple-lock is night, his radiance morning;

The brilliance and mouth are musk and meadow-flowers,

and his figure is a moringa tree.

The complexion, lilies.

واللَّمَى وَالثَّغْرُ مِسْكٌ وَأقَاحْ

واللَّمَى وَالثَّغْرُ مِسْكٌ وَأقَاحْ

وَالطُّلَى سُوسَانْ

وَالطُّلَى سُوسَانْ

And his lips’ dark tint is musk, his teeth daisies;

A Josephian beauty, a Houri gaze,

and the necks are lilies.

Fashioned by the Eternal,

يُوسُفِيُّ الحُسْنِ حُورِيُّ النَّظَرْ

يُوسُفِيُّ الحُسْنِ حُورِيُّ النَّظَرْ

صَاغَهُ القَيُّومْ

صَاغَهُ القَيُّومْ

Joseph-like in beauty, houri-like in gaze,

Of gazelle, twig, and moon,

the Ever-Sustaining One fashioned him

Leaving no blemish.

مِنْ غَزَالٍ وَقَضِيبٍ وَقَمَرْ

مِنْ غَزَالٍ وَقَضِيبٍ وَقَمَرْ

لَمْ يَدَعْ مَعْصُومْ

لَمْ يَدَعْ مَعْصُومْ

from a gazelle, a bough, and a moon.

He left no one immune.