1. Her eyes like the letter noon elongated
And like the letter meem bent with charm

2. She lined the dawn's eyes with kohl from her own
And lined hers with the kohl of misdeeds

3. So her body and the dawn follow the light
That slipped from her eyelids at night's reprieve

4. If only she were a deterring sailor's ship
To sail me through the swelling foam and wave

5. To see Ibn Hamdan and light of his brow
Illuming his years, the grit in red eyes enslaved