قَمَرٌ رَأَيْتُ الكَوْنَ ضَاءَ بِبِشْرِهِ

لَمَّا سَرَى حُسْناً وَضَاعَ بِنَشْرِهِ

A moon I saw the universe glow with its good news

When beauty moved and was spent in its diffusion

ظَبْيٌ وَمَا لِلظّبْي لَفْتَةُ جِيدِهِ

غُصْنٌ وَمَا لِلغُصْنِ دِقَّةُ خَصْرِهِ

A gazelle, and what gazelle has the charm of its neck

A branch, and what branch the slenderness of its waist

يَبْدو اعْتِدالُ قَوامِهِ في مثلهِ

وَتبينُ صِحَّةُ جَفْنِهِ في كَسْرِهِ

The balance of its figure appears in its likeness

And the health of its eyelid shows in its languor