1. لِلحُسنِ في ذا الوَجهِ مُعجِزَةٌ

    نَطَقَت لِتُخرِسَ ناطِقَ العُقَلا

    Beauty has a miracle in this face;

    It spoke to silence the spokesman of the wise:

  2. مِن حَيَّةٍ في الجَمرِ ما اِحتَرَقَت

    وَالجَمرُ فَوقَ الخَدِّ ما اِشتَعَلا

    A serpent amid embers, yet it has not burned,

    And the embers upon the cheek have not blazed.

  3. لَو أَنَّها تِلكَ الَّتي اِنقَلَبَت

    يَومَ العَصا لَم يَعصِ مَن جَهِلا

    Had it been that one which was transformed

    On the day of the staff, the ignorant would not have disobeyed.