يا مهدي النرجس أهديته
ذا مقل ما أخطأت مقلتي
O giver of narcissus, you presented it to him—
to one endowed with eyes; my own eye did not err.
أهديته أشبه شيء بها
في شدة الحيرة والصفرة
You gave him the thing that most resembles them
in their utter bewilderment and pallor.
Sol 5.6