1. Upon his cheek the critic wrote reproach,
Lines of blame since I was absent from perception,
١. عَلى خَدِّهِ القاني لَقَد كَتَبَ البها
سُطورَ عِذار غِبت فيها عَنِ الحسِّ
2. Upon his cheek he feared the eyes of creation,
So he inscribed with his musk the verse of the Throne.
٢. عَلى خَدِّهِ خافَ البها أَعين الوَرى
فَخَطّ بِهِ مِن مِسكهِ آيةَ الكرسي