1. محققة ملء الكفوف كأنها

    من الجزع كبرى لم ترض بنظام

    Perfectly formed, filling the palms, as though it were

    A large bead of onyx, unwilling to be strung.

  2. لها حلة من جلنار وسوسن

    مغمدة بالآس غب غمام

    It has a robe of pomegranate blossom and lilies,

    Sheathed in myrtle after the rainclouds.

  3. تمازج فيها لو صب وعاشق

    كساه الهوى والبين ثوب سقام

    Within it mingle the [hues] of a lovelorn soul and a lover

    Whom passion and separation have clothed in a robe of sickness.

  4. وأبدى له في النحر تخضير كاعب

    علامته ذات اعتدال قوام

    And revealed to him, at the throat, a budding maiden’s green adornment—

    His mark [wording unclear], she of a well-proportioned figure.

  5. رياضية مسكية عسلية

    لها لو ديباج وعرف مدام

    Garden-grown, musky, honey-sweet,

    It has the [color] of brocade and the fragrance of wine.

  6. إذا فصلت للأكل حاكت أهلة

    وان لم تفصل فهي بدر تمام

    When sliced for eating, it resembles crescent moons;

    And if left unsliced, it is a perfect full moon.