1. I loved him like a branch, how many a poet
for him has wept with copious tears
١. أحببته كالغصن كم شاعرٍ
له عليه نوح ورقاءِ
2. And his eloquent mouth, from its beauty
the ingenious metaphorist is perplexed in likening it
٢. وثغره الصادي من حسنه
يحارُ في تشبيهه الطائي