حَكى من أحب المسكَ لَوناً وَنَفحةً
لِذَلك أَضحى وَهوَ فينا مُشَرَّفُ
The one I love mirrored musk in hue and fragrance;
and so musk has come to be honored among us.
وَقَد لَبِسَت بُرداً سَوادَ قُلوبِنا
أَلَم تَرَها أَضحَت عَلَيها تُرَفرِفُ
She has donned as a mantle the blackness of our hearts—
do you not see them fluttering over her?
وَمالَت إِلَيها العَينُ إِذ هِيَ شِبهها
فَلَيسَ لَها عَنها مَدى الدَهرِ مَصرِفُ
The eye was drawn to her, since it is her likeness;
and so, for all time, it can never turn away from her.
Sol 5.6