1. They chided him when downy hair sprouted on his cheek
And his shoulders swayed away from his frame
١. عابوه إذ نبت العذار بخدّه
وتمايلت أعطافه عن قدّه
2. So I replied his handsome face was enhanced
By the down, distinct from its counterpart
٢. فاجبتهم تمت محاسن وجهه
بعذاره متميّزاً عن ضدّه
3. As if the redness of his cheek and its whiteness
And the blackness of the down's hair on his cheek
٣. فكأن حمرة خدّه وبياضه
وسواد شعر عذاره في خدّه
4. Were a rose imbued with the nectar of musk
So the outflow of its blackness ran into the rose
٤. ورد جرت فيه غوالي مسكه
فجرى مسيل سواده في ورده