سبتني صفان السكريّ الذي حكى

بضاعته حتَّى عدمت قراري

The sugar seller’s two qualities enthralled me—he who resembled

his wares—until I lost all composure:

مكرّر لفظ في ثنيَّات مبسم

وأحمر خدٍّ في نبات عذار

an utterance repeated among the incisors of a smiling mouth,

and the crimson of both his cheeks amid the budding growth of his beard.