ما ضارَ لابِسَ مِثلِهِ مِن خاتَمٍ

أَن لا يَشُبَّ مَعَ الظَلامِ ذُبالا

What harm is it to one who wears a ring like this

if no wicks need be kindled when darkness comes?

مُتَأَلِّقٌ أَعداهُ لابِسُ حِليَةٍ

فَسَما جَلالاً وَاِستَزادَ جَمالا

Aglow—the ornament's wearer infected it with his radiance,

and so it rose in majesty and gained yet more beauty,

مُتَحَمِّلاً فَصّاً يَروقُ وَحَلقَةً

مِن جُذوَةٍ وَقَدَت وَماءً سالا

bearing a gem that delights, and a band—

the gem from an ember that blazed, the band from water that flowed—

في راحَةٍ خُلِقَت سَماءَ سَماحَةٍ

فَتَقارَنا نَجماً بِها وَهِلالا

in a palm fashioned as a heaven of generosity;

there the pair came together: a star and a crescent.