تاه بالخد والعذار الجديد
من هممنا لوصله بالسجود
He grew vain over his cheek and fresh-grown down—
he whom we meant to reach by prostrating ourselves.
قلت يا سيدي أرى شعرات
كنمال دببن في العاج سود
I said, “My lord, I see little hairs
like black ants creeping over ivory.”
فتثنى وقال مهلا فهذا
زعفران الهوى بورد الخدود
He swayed and said, “Easy now—this is
the saffron of passion amid the roses of the cheeks.”
Sol 5.6