أمَر الجَفْن بِسُهْدٍ وَنَهَرْ

دَمْعَهُ المَسْجُومْ

He commanded sleep to his eyelids and a tear flowed,

So its flowing became that of a deprived, anguished one.

فَغَدا سَائِلُهُ لَمَّا انْهَمَرْ

سَائِلاً مَحْرُومْ

His cheek and saliva are apple and aroma,

His face a garden.

خَدُّهُ وَالرّيقُ تُفَّاحٌ وراحْ

وجْهُهُ بُسْتَانْ

The toothstick and temple are night and morning,

His stature a sapling.

وَالسَّنَى وَالصُّدْغُ لَيْلٌ وَصَبَاحْ

وَالقَوامُ الْبَانْ

The brilliance and mouth are musk and meadow-flowers,

The complexion, lilies.

واللَّمَى وَالثَّغْرُ مِسْكٌ وَأقَاحْ

وَالطُّلَى سُوسَانْ

A Josephian beauty, a Houri gaze,

Fashioned by the Eternal,

يُوسُفِيُّ الحُسْنِ حُورِيُّ النَّظَرْ

صَاغَهُ القَيُّومْ

Of gazelle, twig, and moon,

Leaving no blemish.

مِنْ غَزَالٍ وَقَضِيبٍ وَقَمَرْ

لَمْ يَدَعْ مَعْصُومْ