ذاتُ خدٍّ يكادُ يُدْميه وَهْمٌ

من مشيرٍ بالجدِّ أو بالمزاحِ

A cheek almost bruised by constant worry

Of an advisor serious or joking

في بياضٍ وحمرةٍ فكأنْ قد

صِيغَ حسناً من ماءِ مُزْنٍ وراح

In such whiteness and redness as though

Beauty itself was molded from camphor and perfume