1. The lightning flashed with his smile,
And dawn gleamed under his veil,
١. أَلاحَ وميضُ البرقِ عندَ ابتسامه
ولاحَ سفورُ الصبحِ تحتَ لثامِه
2. His neck scorns the soft brown,
The full moon sits on it in its wholeness.
٢. رَشَاً يزدري بالأسمرِ اللّدنِ قَدُّهُ
تركّبَ فيه البدْرَ عندَ تَمامِه