يا قومُ قد زار ظبيٌ غيرُ زَوَّارِ

في جحفلٍ من جيوشِ الحسنِ جَرَّار

O people, an extraordinary gazelle has come to visit

In a throng of beauty's armies, mighty and burdensome

لما تفصّل أقمارٌ مفاصلَهُ

بل وصِّلت فيه أقمارٌ بأقمار

When the moons unfold their joints

Even more moons are joined together in it

النارُ في الثَّلْجِ من خَدَّيْه مُشْعَلةٌ

جلَّ المؤلِّفُ بين الثلجِ والنار

The fire blazes in the snow from its cheeks

The composer has reconciled fire and snow

له وللحورِ لو قِيسَتْ به مَثَلٌ

دراهمٌ صَرْفُها ألفٌ بدينار

To him and to the houri, if a simile were made

Its exchanged dirhams would be a thousand for each dinar