1. أشرقت غرّته حتى لقد

    نسخت بالنور تلك الظُلَما

    His brow shone so brightly that indeed

    it dispelled that darkness with light.

  2. زارو الآفاق قد ألبسها

    الليل ثوباً بالنجوم معلما

    He visited while the horizons had been clothed

    by night in a garment embroidered with stars.

  3. فسرحت ناظري في وجنة

    رقم الحسن بها ما رقما

    So I let my gaze roam over a cheek

    where beauty inscribed what it inscribed.

  4. ولثمت زهر الثغر الذي

    يخجل الزهر إذا ما ابتسما

    And I kissed the blossom of the mouth that

    puts flowers to shame whenever it smiles.

  5. واهتصرت غصن القدّ الذي

    منه قدّ الغصنقد تعلّما

    And I clasped the bough of his figure,

    from which the bough had learned its form.