1. عجبت للشمس إذ حلَّت مؤثِّرةً

    في جبهةٍ لم أخلها قطُّ في البشرِ

    I marvelled at the sun when she alighted, leaving her mark,

    On a brow I had never imagined among mortals.

  2. وإنما الجبهة الغرَّاء منزلةٌ

    مختصَّةٌ في ذرى الأفلاك بالقمرِ

    And the radiant brow is but a dwelling

    Reserved, in the heights of the celestial spheres, for the moon.

  3. ما كنت أحسب أن الشمس تعشقه

    حتى تبيَّنتُ منها حدَّة النَّظرِ

    I had not thought that the sun loved him

    Until I discerned in her the sharpness of her gaze.