1. وحَالقٍ أَصْبَحَ في

    فَنِّ الحِلاَقِ وَاحِدَا

    And a barber has become, in

    the art of shaving, unrivalled.

  2. لَهُ يَدٌ ألْطفُ مِنْ

    مَرِّ النَّسيمِ بَاردَا

    He has a hand gentler than

    the passing of a cool breeze.

  3. تُنيمُ من تَمُسُّهُ

    ولا يَهبُّ رَاقِدَا

    It puts whoever it touches to sleep,

    and, asleep, he does not stir.

  4. أَوْدَعْتُهُ رأَسِي وَوَجْ

    هِي قَائِماً وقَاعِدَا

    I entrusted him with my head and

    my face, standing and sitting.

  5. فَنَالَ من هَذَا وذَا

    كَ نَازِلاً وصَاعِدَا

    So he worked upon this and

    that, moving down and up.

  6. فَرَدَّ رَأساً ناقِصاً

    وَرَدَّ وجهاً زَائِدَا

    So he returned a diminished head,

    and returned an enlarged face.