1. وريمٍ رَمَتْنيَ ألحاظُه

    فَبِتُّ أسيراً لها مُوثَقا

    And a gazelle's glances struck me;

    so I spent the night their captive, bound fast.

  2. كأنَّ الشَّقَائِقَ والياسَمينَ

    على خَدِّهِ خَجَلاً شُقِّقا

    As though anemones and jasmine

    had been split open upon his cheek in bashfulness.

  3. وقالوا بمُقلَتِه زُرْقَةٌ

    تَشِينُ فَظَلَّ لها مُطرِقا

    And they said, 'His eye has a blueness

    that mars him'; so he kept his head bowed because of it.

  4. وهل يَقطَعُ السَّيفُ يَومَ الوَغَى

    إذا لم يكنْ متنُه أَزرَقا

    And can a sword cut on the day of battle

    if the flat of its blade is not blue?