1. If you are dear to the eye,
Then you are harmful to the sun,

2. Nay, the sun has not even an atom's weight
Of this beauty of yours.

3. Give the sun some of what
We count for you a drop.

4. An eye, and a dimple,
And a mole, and a curl,

5. And an eyelid white as ivory,
And a rosy cheek,

6. That makes you look like an apple
Or a rose or an ember,

7. And a slender nose,
As if it were a sprinkling of pearls,

8. And a mouth, beautifully shaped
With a bit of bitterness,

9. That when it speaks, it casts a spell,
And when it smiles, it blooms a flower.

10. A kiss from you, if sold
Would not fetch even a dirham.