1. They said the down was sprouting on his cheek
While you have neither sense nor patience meek
١. قالوا بَدا في خَدِّهِ الشَعرُ
وَأَنتَ لا عَقلٌ وَلا صَبرُ
2. But when his cheeks grew dark I bade them cease
Without night's gloom, the moon were incomplete
٢. وَاِسوَدَّ خَدّاهُ فَقُلت اِقصِروا
لَولا الدُجى ما حَسُنَ البَدرُ