عابوه إذ نبت العذار بخدّه

وتمايلت أعطافه عن قدّه

They chided him when downy hair sprouted on his cheek

And his shoulders swayed away from his frame

فاجبتهم تمت محاسن وجهه

بعذاره متميّزاً عن ضدّه

So I replied his handsome face was enhanced

By the down, distinct from its counterpart

فكأن حمرة خدّه وبياضه

وسواد شعر عذاره في خدّه

As if the redness of his cheek and its whiteness

And the blackness of the down's hair on his cheek

ورد جرت فيه غوالي مسكه

فجرى مسيل سواده في ورده

Were a rose imbued with the nectar of musk

So the outflow of its blackness ran into the rose