اخنى عليه الشهر والدهر

ومحسا محاسن وجهه الشعر

The months and time reproach me,

Yet his beautiful face elates my verse,

من يصف ما قد دهاه يقل

لا تعجبوا قد يكسف البدر

He who describes what allures him errs,

Marvel not, for the full moon itself may blush.