أَبْيَضُ وَاصْفَرَّ لاعْتِلالٍ

فَصَارَ كالنَّرْجِسِ المُضَعَّفْ

White and yellow, not from sickness

It became like layered narcissi

كأَنَّ نِسْرينَ وَجْنَتَيهِ

بِشَعْرِ أَصْداغِهِ مُغَلَّفْ

As if his temples and his cheeks

Were wrapped in his sideburns' hair

يَرْشَحُ مِنْهُ الجَبينُ ماءً

كأَنَّهُ لُؤْلُؤٌ مُنَصَّفْ

Water drips from his brow

As if it were halved pearls