قَمَرٌ تَبَسَّمَ عَن جُمانٍ نابِتٍ
فَظَلِلتُ اَرمُقُهُ بِعَينِ الباهِتِ
A moon smiled, revealing pearls newly sprung.
So I remained gazing at him, with the eyes of one dumbfounded.
مازالَ يَقصُرُ كُلُّ حُسنٍ دونَهُ
حَتّى تَفاوَتَ عَن صِفاتِ الناعِتِ
Every beauty still falls short of him,
until he passed beyond the epithets of the describer.
سَجَدَ الجَمالُ لِوَجهِهِ لَمّا رَأى
دَهَشَ العُقولِ لِحُسنِهِ المُتَفاوِتِ
Beauty prostrated itself before his face when it beheld
the bewilderment of minds before his surpassing loveliness.
إِنّي لَأَرجو أَن أَنالَ وِصالَهُ
بِالعَطفِ مِنهُ وَرَغمَ أَنفِ الشامِتِ
Indeed, I surely hope to attain union with him
through tenderness from him—to the gloating foe’s chagrin.
Sol 5.6