لَو كانَ يَمنَعُ حُسنُ الوَجهِ صاحِبَهُ

لَو كانَ يَمنَعُ حُسنُ الوَجهِ صاحِبَهُ

مِن أَن يَكونَ لَهُ ذَنبٌ إِلى أَحَدِ

مِن أَن يَكونَ لَهُ ذَنبٌ إِلى أَحَدِ

If beauty of face could protect its possessor

If a fair face could prevent its owner

from being guilty of an offense against anyone,

From wronging others or being unjust,

كانَت عُلَيَّةُ أَبدى الناسِ كُلِّهِم

كانَت عُلَيَّةُ أَبدى الناسِ كُلِّهِم

مِن أَن تُكافَأَ بِسوءٍ آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

مِن أَن تُكافَأَ بِسوءٍ آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

ʿUlayya would have been farthest of all people [uncertain reading]

Then Ulaiyah would be for all eternity

from being repaid with evil until the end of time.

Spared from being requited with evil unsurpassed.