بأبي أهيفٌ تعلم منه
غصنُ البان ميله واعتداله
My father be ransom for a slender-waisted beauty—from him
the bān bough borrowed its sway and upright grace.
ما تثنى عطفاه إلا وأمست
ألف القد بالنسيم مماله
Never did his two sides sway but at once
the alif of his figure was slanted by the breeze.
وحكاه الخطى لوناً وليناً
لم يزده وذاك شرط العداله
The Khaṭṭī lance matched him in hue and suppleness,
yet did not surpass him—and that is justice’s rule.
Sol 5.6