قال:

وساحِرِ المقلتين تحسَبُه

He said:

The enchanter of the two eyelids you would think

من حور عِين الجِنان منفَلِتا

يَبسِمُ عن لؤلؤٍ وعن برَدٍ

Is one of the black-eyed Houris of Paradise set free

Smiling with pearls and with hail

ما بين زهر العقيق قد فُتِتا

تكسف بدرَ السماء بهجتُه

Between the red cornelian his two lips have been opened

The full moon in the sky is dimmed by his splendor

وإن رنَتْ مقلتاه أسكرتا

فالوجهُ كالشمس مُذهَب شرِق

And if his two eyelids chant, they intoxicate

So the face is like the rising sun in its glory

والصدرُ والجيدُ جوهر نُحِتا

قلت له والغراب يعبثُ بي

And the chest and the cheeks are sculpted jewels

I said to him, while the crow plays with me

وناظري في سناه قد بُهِتا

ألا وهل عطفَة تُعدّ مُنى

And my two eyes are confused by his teeth

Will there ever be an affection counted as desire

منكَ فإنّ العَذول قد شمِتا

فقال منّي إليك شيْمُ سَنا

From you, for aloofness has triumphed?

So he said, "From me to you is the shame of absence

يسوم ذا الشوقِ في الهوى عنَتا

ومرّ كالبَدْرِ في سماوَتِه

That agonizes the passionate lover,

And he passed by like the full moon in his heavens

يختال في زهوِه وما التفتا

Strutting in his arrogance and he did not turn back