إِذا انتَقَدَ الدينارَ شَبَّهتُ كَفَّهُ

لَدى صُفرَةِ الدينارِ في وَضَحِ الكَفِّ

When he examines the dinar, I compare his palm—

With the gold's yellow cast against the hand's clear white—

بِنَرجِسَةٍ أَضحَت وَقَد طَلَّها النَدى

شَفيقٌ عَلَيها مُجتَنيها مِنَ القَطفِ

To a narcissus at morning, dampened by the dew,

Whose gatherer is too compassionate to pluck it.