1. He is the full moon of beauty yearning for a full moon
And a gazelle running behind his shadow
١. هُو بدرُ الجمَالِ يَرنو لبَدرٍ
وغزالٌ مِن خلفِ ظِلِّه يَجري
2. Beauty has composed a verse of poetry from them
And is poetry anything but one hemistich to another?
٢. نظمَ الحُسنُ منهما بيتَ شِعرٍ
وهلِ الشِّعرُ غيرُ شَطرٍ بشَطرِ
3. And a guardian watching over them both
No one but the prolonged "wow" of life
٣. ورَقيبٌ عليهمَا قد تَصَدَّى
لهُما غيرَ أنَّه واوُ عَمرِو