ومتيّمٍ بالآبنوسِ وجسمُه
عاجٌ ومن إذهابِه حُرُقاتُهُ
And a lover enthralled by ebony, though his body
is ivory—the fires that burn him are what gild it.
كتمَتْ دياجي الشَّعْرِ منه بدرَها
فوشَتْ به للعينِ عيّوقاتُهُ
The dark nights of his hair hid their full moon—his face—
yet his Ayyūq stars betrayed him to the eye.
Sol 5.6