وَبِي سَاحِر الأجْفَانِ أرْسَى عِذَارهُ

بِشَاطِىءِ بَحْرِ الخَدّ زَوْرَقَ عَنْبَرِ

My enchanter of eyelids anchored his affection

At the shore of the cheek's sea a boat of ambergris

وَخَافَ اخْتِلاَسَ الثَّغْرِ حَارِسُ لَحْظِهِ

فَجَرَّدَ فِي الأجْفَانِ أسْيَافَ عَنْبَرِ

And the guard of his gaze feared the lips would steal it

So he armed his eyelids with swords of ambergris