مزينٌ قد تَناهَى في صناعِتِه
إلى لطافةٍ معنىً فاقتِ الحُكَما
A barber has reached, in the practice of his art,
such subtlety of conception as surpassed the sages.
خَفَّت مواقعُ مُوساهُ فلو حَلَقتْ
في كفه شعرَ جسمِ الخدِّ ما عَلِما
So gentle are the touches of his razor that, were it to shave
from the cheek a single hair in his hand, neither hair nor cheek would know.
كأنما هي نورٌ في أنامله
يُومِي فيَجْلو بها عن هامِنا الظُّلَما
It is as though a light were shining in his fingertips;
he waves it, and with it sweeps the darkness from our heads.
Sol 5.6