هذا أبو الفضلِ بدرُ الحُسن قد شهدَتْ

أوصافُه أنه كالبدرِ في الأفُقِ

Here is Abu al-Fadl, beauty’s full moon; his qualities bear witness

that he is like the full moon upon the horizon.

لما تعمّم تيهاً بالسماءِ بَدا

وفوقَ أعطافِه ثوبٌ من الشّفقِ

When, in proud splendor, he wrapped the sky about him as a turban, he appeared

with a robe of twilight draped across his shoulders.

ولا تقُلْ لاحَ في خدّيهِ عارضُهُ

فإنما هو تأثيرٌ من الغسَقِ

Do not say that his beard has begun to show upon his cheeks—

it is only an imprint left by dusk.