هويته شاعرا بالنظم جئت له

هويته شاعرا بالنظم جئت له

مديحا من بديع الحسن معناه

مديحا من بديع الحسن معناه

I loved him; as a poet, I brought him in verse

Praise whose meaning was wondrously beautiful.

فاسود ناظره وابيض سالفه

فاسود ناظره وابيض سالفه

واخضر عارضه واحمر خداه

واخضر عارضه واحمر خداه

Then his pupil turned black and his temple white,

And his cheek-down turned green and his cheeks red.