وبديع الجمال لم يرَ طرفي

وبديع الجمال لم يرَ طرفي

مثل أعطافه ولا طرف غيري

مثل أعطافه ولا طرف غيري

And one of wondrous beauty—my eye has never seen

With beauty so fair, my eyes have never seen,

the like of his body's curves, nor has anyone else's eye.

Like his glances, nothing else has my sight gleaned.

كلَّما حدتُ عن هواه أتاني

كلَّما حدتُ عن هواه أتاني

سهمُ ألحاظه كسهم النميري

سهمُ ألحاظه كسهم النميري

Whenever I turned aside from loving him, there came to me

Whenever I turn from desire for him, aloof,

the arrow of his glances, like al-Numayri's arrow.

His amorous glance like Nemeiri's arrow beams.