أحببته كالغصن كم شاعرٍ

له عليه نوح ورقاءِ

I loved him like a branch, how many a poet

for him has wept with copious tears

وثغره الصادي من حسنه

يحارُ في تشبيهه الطائي

And his eloquent mouth, from its beauty

the ingenious metaphorist is perplexed in likening it