عشقت شمائلَهُ الوزارةُ فاغتدت

شوقاً إليه وعن سواه تنفرُ

Her graceful form enamored his ministers

And made them long for him while from all else recoiling

ويجلُّ عنها قَدرُهُ مع أنّها

لتجلُّ قدراً عن سواه وتكبرُ

Yet his value dims in their eyes though it is they

Whose worth should fade before his while exalting