ما أَجمَل الحسنَ على خُدودهِ

لا حُسنَ يَبدو مثلَ حسنِ الخدِّ

How beautiful is beauty on his cheeks

No beauty appears like the beauty of the cheek

فَإِنَّ لَهُ في جونَتيهِ بَهجَةً

فَإِنّما البهجَةُ لِابنِ الوَردي

For it has in his cheeks a splendor

For splendor is for the son of roses