أَحسَنُ من عودٍ وَمن ضارِبِ

وَمن فَتاةٍ طِفلَةٍ كاعبِ

Better than a fragrant piece of wood, and than one who plays the strings

And than a young girl, slender and lithe, who shoots her glances

قَدُّ غُلامٍ صيغَ من فضةٍ

مُتَّصِل الحاجِبِ بِالحاجِبِ

Like the perfect shape of a boy molded of silver

With eyebrows joined together

سلَّ عَلى الأُمة من طَرفِهِ

سَيفَ علي بن أَبي طالبِ

He let loose over the community from his eyes

The sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib