1. بَدرُ البَها في فَلَكِ خَدَّيك قَد أَنجُم

    وَهوَ الَّذي لِلعَواذِلِ وَالوُشاةِ الجَم

    The full moon of beauty has shone forth in the orbit of your cheeks.

    It is this that has bridled the reproachful women and tale-bearers.

  2. وَالحُسنِ قَد خَطَّ في خَدِّكَ وَقَد تَرجَم

    سَطرَينِ بِالمِسكِ ذا مُعرِبٍ وَذا مُعجِم

    By beauty, it has inscribed upon your cheek and interpreted

    Two lines in musk—one eloquent, the other obscure.