وَلَستُ أَنسى في الخَدِّ ما صَنَعَت

وَلَستُ أَنسى في الخَدِّ ما صَنَعَت

نوناتُ أَصداغِهِ الَّتي عُطِفَت

نوناتُ أَصداغِهِ الَّتي عُطِفَت

And I do not forget what was wrought upon his cheek

I have not languished in cheek what his temples'

By the curved nūn-shapes of his sidelocks.

N's have wrought,

صَوَّرَهُ اللَهُ صورَةً عَجَباً

صَوَّرَهُ اللَهُ صورَةً عَجَباً

إِن قيلَ كَالغُصنِ في النَقا أَنِفَت

إِن قيلَ كَالغُصنِ في النَقا أَنِفَت

God fashioned him in a wondrous form;

God made him a wonderous form -

If called a bough upon a sand dune, that form would take offense.

If told, like a branch in softness bent.