1. روض به ورد الرضاب قد صفا

    فما احيلى ورده وورده

    A garden where the draught of sweet saliva has grown clear—

    how delightfully sweet its roses and its draught!

  2. يعبق مسك خاله عن ارج

    ما المسك ما الندّ الذكي ندّه

    The musk of his mole gives off a fragrance;

    neither musk nor fragrant incense is its equal.

  3. اغيد قد لاح بحرّ وجهه

    خال يسميه الجمال عبده

    A lissome youth—upon his cheek now shines

    a mole that Beauty calls its slave.

  4. سلطان حسن بقوانين الهوى

    نظم من جيش القلوب جنده

    A sultan of beauty, by the laws of love,

    he marshaled his troops from the army of hearts.

  5. وطرفه ناظر حرب قد نضا

    سيفاً ملوك الأرض تخشى حدّه

    And his gaze, a minister of war, has unsheathed

    a sword whose edge the kings of the earth fear.

  6. يحيى شهيد السيف من مقلته

    حين يذوق من لماه شهده

    One slain by the sword of his eye returns to life

    when he tastes the honey of his dusky lips.

  7. بذلت نفسي في هواه بذل من

    لم يأل في شرع الغرام جهده

    I gave my soul for love of him, as one

    who spared no effort under the law of passion.