1. ظننتُ وقد نَظَرتُ إلى سناها

    بأنَّ النَيّرات لها ضرائرُ

    I thought, as I gazed upon her radiance,

    that the heavenly lights were her rival wives.

  2. فمذْ أبْصَرتُ لَيلَ الفَرْعِ مِنْها

    رأيت الفَرْقَ مثلَ الصُّبحِ ظَاهِرْ

    But when I beheld the night of her tresses,

    I saw the parting—and the difference—clear as dawn.