ومحجوبةٍ لو أُبْرِزَتْ دون مِرْطها

رأيتَ عليها من سَنَا نورها مِرْطَا

Veiled, were her veil removed, beneath it you would see

Her cheek as bright as if her veil were made of light.

تخالُ هلالَ الأُفْقِ نصفَ سوارها

إذا لاح والجوزاءَ في نَحْرِها سِمْطا

She seems a crescent moon, her bracelet but half seen,

Or Jupiter when o'er the Virgin's throat it sinks from sight.

وتحملُ بدرَ التِّمِّ وجهاً وشِنْفَهَا

سِمَاكاً وشُهْبانَ الثريا لها قرطا

She bears a full moon on her forehead, while her cheeks

Are comets, and the Pleiades shine all around her face.

ويضحى بماء الوَرْدِ ورديُّ خدِّها

لِمَا مَزَجَ الساقي لندْمانه اسْفِنْطَا

The red rose-water and the redness of her cheek

Are mingled, and the cup-bearer has mixed narcissus into it.

فينثرُ منه لؤلؤاً عُدَّ جامداً

بصولجِ لامٍ لاحَ بالصُّدْغ مُخْتطَّا

So from her mouth the hard round pearls

Come scattering, while upon her cheek is set an emerald, pear-shaped and polished.