ألحاظُها في الحكم مُشْتَطَّهْ

فَعَدلُها إِن عَدَلت غَلطَهْ

Her glances in judgment are rash

So her justice, if she's just, is flawed

وثَغرُها سِمْطٌ من اللؤلؤ ال

مُغْلي لها الآلُهُ سِمْطَه

And her mouth is a chink of pearls

That cannot be outshone by any god

فالحسنُ قد شَنَّفها شِنْفَه

والحسنُ قد قَرَّطها قُرطه

Beauty has sculpted her form

And beauty has cast her molten

لها منَ الصُّدغَين نونان قد

أجادَ مَن خطَّهما خَطَّه

On her cheeks are two nun's

Well-drawn by a skilled hand

إِحداهما بالخال منقوطةٌ

تُقرَأُ والأخرى بلا نُقطه

One dotted with a beauty mark

To be read, the other with no dot