1. قالَ الكَمالُ للبَها

    أختُمْ لخدِّ الأهيفِ

    Perfection said to Splendor:

    “Seal the cheek of the slender one

  2. خَتْماً يكونُ وافياً

    به القلوبُ تَشْتَفي

    with a seal that is complete,

    through which hearts find healing,

  3. بنُقطةٍ من عَنبرٍ

    تُنعشُ قلبَ المُدنَفِ

    with a dot of ambergris

    that revives the ailing one's heart.”

  4. قالَ الجَمالُ فَاِكْفُفا

    خِتامُهُ مِسْكٌ وفي

    Beauty said, “Then desist, both of you:

    its seal is musk, and in...”