1. وَخَطٌّ مِنَ التَصحيحِ فيهِ مَعالِمٌ

    مِنَ الحُسنِ إِذ يَبدو عَلَيهِ سَبيبُ

    And a script, correctly formed, bearing signs

    Of beauty, as flowing tresses appear upon it.

  2. يُعَبِّرُ عَنهُ الرَوضَ وَهوَ مُنَمنَمٌ

    وَيُخبِرُ عَنهُ الوَشيَ وَهُوَ قَشيبُ

    The finely patterned garden gives it expression,

    And fresh brocade tells of it.

  3. سَوادُ مِدادٍ في بَياضِ صَحيفَةٍ

    يَقولُ شَبابٌ بِالمَشيبِ مَشوبُ

    Blackness of ink upon the whiteness of a page

    Says: "Youth mingled with gray hair."

  4. كَأَنَّ ظَلامَ اللَيلِ أَذرى دُموعَهُ

    فَظَلَّت عَلى خَدِّ الصَباحِ تَصوبُ

    As though the darkness of night had shed its tears,

    So they kept falling upon the cheek of morning.