وَباقِلاءٍ مونِقِ المَنظَرِ

أَنفاسُهُ أَذكى مِنَ العَنبَرِ

With a face bright as the full moon,

His breath sweeter than ambergris;

كَأَنَّما فَتَّحَ مِن نَورِهِ

خُماهَنٌ رُكَّبَ في مَرمَرِ

As if a pearl-studded wine glass shone

From the light radiating in his face.