تَبَسَّم عَن لَمَا دُرّ نَظِيمِ

فَواعَجَبَاهُ مِن ضحِك اليَتِيمِ

He smiled, revealing pearls in a beautiful array

And I marveled at the laughter of the orphan

فموسَى لَحظُه يُحيى الرُّفات

حَكَى عِيسَى بإِحيَاءِ الرَّميمِ

So Moses' glance brings the perished back to life

And Jesus, with the revival of the withered form

وفِي كَنَفِ الخُدود له عِذار

روى الاياتِ عَن أهلِ الرَّقِيمِ

In the folds of his cheeks lies temptation

He relates verses about the people of high virtue

بُطُورِ خُدُودِهِ آنَستُ ناراً

فَإنَّ بِهَا هُدى قَلبِي الكَلِيمِ

The light of his cheeks revealed to me a fire

With it is the guidance for my stubborn heart

ولَو فَجَر الحُمَيَّا من لَمَاهِ

لأسكَرتِ الحُمَيَّا بِالشَّمِيمِ

If pride flowed from his saliva

Pride would get drunk on the fragrance

وظَهر قد حكَا في الشَّكل دالاً

على الِفِ القَوامِ المُستَقِيمِ

And his back showed, in its shape, evidence

Of an upright, perfectly straight stature

حديثُ جفونِه كم عَمَّ جَفني

يُسَلسِلُهُ عَنِ الفِقهِ القَدِيمِ

The discourse of his eyelids, how far it reached my eyelids

Linking it to ancient jurisprudence

ويَا لَلَّهِ مَا أحلَى وفَاهُ

شُفيتُ بهِ مِن الدّاءِ المُقِيمِ

Oh, how sweet is his mouth

I was cured by it of my lingering illness

وكأسُ الرَّاحِ تُجلى في رِيَاض

حكت في الوصفِ جنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ

And the cup of comfort appears in gardens

Whose description told of the gardens of bliss

يطوف بِطيبِهَا يَسقيك مِنهَا

غَزالٌ رقَّ بِالخِصرِ الهَضِيمِ

A gazelle, soft of waist, roams there, giving you to drink

The most delicious wine from it

بهِ زاد السُّرُورُ وطاب عَيشي

وراق العيش بِالعِزّ الرَّقِيمِ

With it joy increased and my life was pleasant

And life was agreeable with the precious glory