صقيل خدوده مرآت قلبي

صقيل خدوده مرآت قلبي

وماء الحسن رق به وراقا

وماء الحسن رق به وراقا

The polished surface of his cheeks is my heart's mirror,

His cheeks polish the mirror of my heart

And beauty's water grew delicate and clear in him.

And the water of beauty flows gently through him

تحيط به العيون إذا تبدى

تحيط به العيون إذا تبدى

وهل طرف يطيق له فراقا

وهل طرف يطيق له فراقا

Eyes surround him whenever he appears—

Eyes surround him when he appears

And can an eye bear parting from him?

What glance can bear to part from him?

فخالوا صورة الأهداب فيه

فخالوا صورة الأهداب فيه

عذارا قد كسى بدراً محاقا

عذارا قد كسى بدراً محاقا

So they took the reflection of the eyelashes in him

So they left the image of eyelashes in him

For cheek-down that had clothed a full moon in lunar darkness.

A full moon cloaked in darkness

وظلنا نجتلي منه محيا

وظلنا نجتلي منه محيا

كأنّ عليه من حدق نطاقا

كأنّ عليه من حدق نطاقا

And we kept gazing upon his face,

And we continue to receive life from him

As though it wore a girdle of pupils.

As if a ring encircles his pupils