1. They said, "Draw the veil from her whom you love." I drew it away,
And she shone like the full moon unveiled from clouds above.
١. قالوا تجدَّرَ منْ تهوى فطلعتُهُ
كالبدرِ مِنْ فوقِها سمطان منْ لولو
2. Then I said, "What is there in the splendor of her face unveiled
But the brightest, blackest-eyed one, casting down her lovely eyes?"
٢. فقلتُ ما هوَ في أعراضِ عدَّتِهِ
إلاَّ أغنُّ غضيضُ الطرفِ مكحولُ