جَرَّده الحَمّامُ عن فِضَّه

بُيِّضَ منها عُكَنٌ بَضَّهْ

The pigeons stripped away its silver luster

And a niche shone white through its chipping plaster

كأنما الماء بأعطافِهِ

طَلٌّ على سوسنةٍ غَضَّهْ

As though the water with its flapping wings

Was mercury on an unbloomed lily's stem

قد جمع الأنوارَ في خدِّه

كأنه من حُسنه روضَهْ

It gathered all the light within its cheek

As if its beauty were a garden in full bloom

يا ليت لي من فمه قُبلةً

وليت لي من خدِّه عَضَّهْ

Would that I had a kiss from its mouth

Would that I had a nibble of its cheek