1. أُنْظُرْ إلى بَشَرٍ ما مثلُهُ بَشَرٌ

    لا الشمسُ تحكيه في الدنيا ولا القمرُ

    Look at a mortal—no mortal is his equal.

    Neither the sun nor the moon in this world resembles him.

  2. لو قال خَلْقٌ بأَنَّ الحسن يُشْبِهُهُ

    لجاءَ خَوْفاً إليه الحسنُ يعتذر

    If anyone said that beauty resembled him,

    beauty would come to him in fear, apologizing.

  3. قد رقَّ خَدَّاهُ حتى كلَّما نظرت

    إليهما مقلةٌ أدماهما النظر

    His cheeks have grown so delicate that whenever an eye looks

    upon them, its gaze makes them bleed.

  4. فما يلاحظه خَلْقٌ فيكتمني

    إِلاّ ينمُّ عليه منهما أثر

    So no one glances at him and hides it from me

    without a mark upon those cheeks giving him away.

  5. لا بالسمينِ ولا المهزولِ تُبْصِرُهُ

    ولم يَشِنْ قَدَّهُ طولٌ ولا قِصَر

    You see him neither fat nor emaciated,

    and neither tallness nor shortness has marred his figure.