أَلا رُبَّ مُلهٍ لَهُ قامَةٌ

تُقيمُ قِيامَةَ هيفِ الغُصون

Behold, many a slender one has a gait

That erects a resurrection amidst the branches,

يَتيهُ بِرِدفٍ كَثيرِ الحَراكِ

وَيُزهى بِخَصرٍ كَثيرُ السُكونِ

He wanders with a moving flank

And sways with a waist abounding in stillness.

مَليحُ البَنانِ فَصيحُ اللِسانِ

غَريبُ الأَغاني عَجيبُ اللُحون

Handsome of build, eloquent of tongue,

Of strange songs, of wondrous melodies,

دَعَوناهُ يَوماً إِلى عِندِنا

لَنَلتَذَّ مِنهُ بِتِلكَ الفُنون

We called him one day to join us

That we may delight in those arts,

فَلَمّا تَبَدّى لَنا وَجهُهُ

نَهَبنا مَحاسِنَهُ بِالعُيون

But when his face appeared to us

We plundered its beauties with glances.