وَلازَوَردٍ باهِرٍ نورُهُ

مُستَظرَفِ الأَوصافِ مُستَحسَنِ

Nor of any bright, effulgent rose

Of choicest elegance, of beauty rare,

كَأَنَّهُ مِن حُسنِ مَرآهُ قَد

ذابَت عَلَيهِ زُرقَةُ الأَعيُنِ

That one might fancy that, because so bright,

Upon it fell the blueness of the eyes.