أيا ملكَ الحُسنِ ماذا عداكَ

فحظُّكَ بعد الذُّرى في الوِهادِ

O king of beauty, what else besides you

Has fate kept for me in secluded valleys?

أُقبحُ العِذارينِ غالاكَ ما

ملكتَ مِن الحسنِ دونَ العِبادِ

However ugly my reproachers are

You have possessed a beauty beyond all mankind

هما عَدَيا بعدَ وانٍ عليكَ

وقد كنت قِدماً على الناسِ عادي

They have turned against you after devotion

Though once you were ahead of all people

فشانا جمالكَ عندَ الكمالِ

وفلَّا شبابَكَ ذا الاحتدادِ

So our beauty was eclipsed in its prime

And your vigorous youth began to fail

كما خسفَ البدرُ في تمِّهِ

وكُسّرَ بالطعنِ صدرُ الصِّعادِ

As the moon is eclipsed in its halo

And the breast of the lofty one is pierced by spears

فأصبحن مستحسناتِ الخدودِ

من الشّعرِ المُنتحي في بجادِ

The fair-cheeked ladies have become more beautiful

With hair elegantly braided at their temples

كراياتِ مروانَ مبيضَّةً

فأخفى سناها ظهورُ السّوادِ

Like Marwan's spots

Whose blackness is concealed by their brightness