خالف الصبح من سناهُ جبينُ

وعلى وجنتيه حُسنٌ مُبينُ

His morning is unlike dawn in its radiance

And manifest beauty adorns his cheeks

كلُّ صبّ من طرفه حين يصبو

ذا طريحٌ بها وهذا طعينُ

Whenever he turns his gaze each dawn that pours

This one staggers, the other wails loudly

أغيدٌ قلبهُ عن لصّبّ قاس

ولهُ في القوام عطف ولينُ

His heart is tender toward the pouring dawn

And in his figure are grace and softness

جمعتنا به عشيّةُ أنس

حول مرسي بها تقرّ العيونُ

The eve of intimacy has brought us together

Around a harbor where eyes find rest

ناولتني يمينهُ ياسمينا

وعلى وجنتيه وردٌ مصونُ

He handed me jasmine with his right hand

And on his cheek a guarded rose

فعجبنا لغضن بان نضير

جُمع الوردُ فيه والياسمينُ

We were amazed that the likeness of a peer

Would combine the rose and jasmine

لي دارءٌ من سُقم جفنيه صعبٌ

وعلاجُ الهوى عليه يهونُ

I have from the torment of his compelling eyes

A protection, and curing my love through him is effortless

لو سقى ريقهُ المعالجُ يوما

لشفى علّتي وزال الأنينُ

If his saliva healed the curing one day

It would cure my illness and moaning would vanish