وتفّاحةٍ من سوسنٍ صِيغَ نصفُها

ومن جُلَّنارٍ نصفُها وشقائقِ

Half of it fashioned from a lily,

And half from a pomegranate's blush,

كأنَّ الهوى قد ضَمَّ من بعد فرقةٍ

بها خدَّ معشوقٍ إلى خدِّ عاشقِ

As though passion has joined together

The lover's cheek to his beloved's.