وبريقُ أسْنانِ الحَبيبِ سَبى النُّهَى

لمّا تبَسَّمَ والدَّياجِي في غَسَقْ

The gleam of the beloved’s teeth took every discerning mind captive;

When he smiled, while the dark nights lay in deepest gloom,

فكأنّهُ نُورٌ بِبَيْتِ عَقايق

أوْ لَمْعُ بَرْقٍ قدْ بَدا لي من شَفَقْ

It seemed a light within a house of carnelians,

Or a lightning-flash appearing to me out of the twilight.