وأَحْوى رَمى عَنْ قِسِّيِّ الحَوَرْ

سِهاماً يُفَوِّقُهُنَّ النظرْ

He averted his aim from the hard breastplate,

launching arrows that outstripped all gazes.

يقولون وَجْنَتُهُ قُسِّمتْ

فرسمُ محاسِنِهِ قد دُثِر

They say his cheek was cloven in twain -

yet the graven trace of his beauty remains.

وما شقَّ وجنتَه عابثٌ

ولكنّها آيةٌ للبشر

No wanton hand slit that cheek of his;

nay, it was a sign for mortal men.

جلاها لنا اللهُ كيما نرى

بها كيفَ كان انْشِقاقُ القمر

God split it, that we might look therein

and see how the moon was rent in sunder.