1. أبصرتهُ تحتَ ظلامِ الدجى

    تضيءُ في خديهِ لي جمرتانِ

    I saw him beneath the darkness of night.

    Two embers glow for me in his cheeks.

  2. فقلتُ في الخدينِ نارُ الحشا

    فقالَ لكنْ فيهما جنتانِ

    So I said, “In those cheeks is the heart’s fire.”

    And he said, “But in them are two gardens.”