وكأن ذاك الخال راهب بيعةٍ

في مسحه قطع الدجا متهجدا

As if that mole were a monk in his cell

tracing it, he stays up late into the night devoted

أو بلبلٌ أضحى بروضةِ خده

لولا جوارحُ مقلتيه لغردا

Or a nightingale made for the garden of his cheek

If not for glances from his eyes, it would sing