أرق من الصبا النجدي طبعاً

والين من قضيب البان خصرا

More slender than an eastern Najdi youth,

And more pliant than a wand of pliant cane,

طوى في صبح صحن الخد شمساً

فأطلع تحت ليل الشعر فجرا

He folded morning in his cheek's expanse

And brought forth dawn beneath his hair's dark night.

له جد الغزال وعين ريم

وهزة سمهري ودلال حورا

The gazelle's glide is his, Rim's eyes are his,

A Houri's charm, a fawn's allure are his.

إذا ما افتر مبسمه أرانا

صغار جواهر سورن خمرا

When his smile opens we behold displayed

Small pearls of wine set out in order due.

إلا للَه منه كحيل عين

بكسر الطرف يكسر جيش كسرى

By God, he has kohl in his eyes that could

Destroy, with a single glance, Khusraw's great host.