صدور فوقهن حقاق عاجٍ
وحَليٌ زانه حسن اتساقِ
Bosoms, with ivory caskets upon them,
and jewelry graced by lovely symmetry.
يقول الناظرون إذا رأوه
أهذا الحلي من هذي الحقاق
Onlookers say, when they behold it,
“Does this jewelry come from these caskets?”
وما تلك الحقاق سوى ثُدِيٌّ
قُدِرن من الحقاق على وفاق
Yet those caskets are nothing but breasts,
fashioned after caskets in perfect proportion—
نواهد لا يُعَدُّ لهن عيبٌ
سوى منع المحب من العناق
firm young breasts in which no flaw is found,
save that they keep the lover from embracing.
Sol 5.6