نبَتَ العِذارُ بِوَجهِهِ من مائِهِ

نبَتَ العِذارُ بِوَجهِهِ من مائِهِ

فَزَها النّباتُ بِخَدِّهِ معَ نارِهِ

فَزَها النّباتُ بِخَدِّهِ معَ نارِهِ

The cheek-down sprouted on his face from its water;

so the growth flourished on his cheek alongside its fire.

وَبِوَجهِهِ تَمَّ الجمالُ فَلَم يَكُنْ

وَبِوَجهِهِ تَمَّ الجمالُ فَلَم يَكُنْ

لِسواهُ بعضُ العُشْرِ مِن مِعشارِهِ

لِسواهُ بعضُ العُشْرِ مِن مِعشارِهِ

And in his face beauty was perfected, so no one

else possessed even part of a tenth of its tenth.

لا شَيءَ مِن أَهلِ المَحاسِنِ مثلُه

لا شَيءَ مِن أَهلِ المَحاسِنِ مثلُه

إِذْ أَرَّخوا قَد دَبَّ نَملُ عِذارِهِ

إِذْ أَرَّخوا قَد دَبَّ نَملُ عِذارِهِ

No one among the beautiful is like him,

when they marked the date: “The ants of his cheek-down have already crept forth.”