أَتُرى أَبْصَرَهُ مِثْلِي الْقَدَحْ

فَغَدا زَنْدُ حَشاهُ يُقْتَدَحْ

Do you see him as I see the wine cup

So his cheek became a drinking cup to be sipped

وانْثَنَى مُنْكَسِراً مِنْ وَجْدِهِ

بِكَسِيرِ الطَّرْفِ كَالظَّبْيِ سَنَحْ

And he bent broken from his passion

With downcast eyes like a gazelle doe

قَمَرٌ يَسْعَدُ لَوْ يُشْبِهُهُ

قَمَرُ اللَّيْلِ إِذا اللَيْلُ جَنَحْ

A moon who would be happy to resemble him

The moon of the night when night falls

لَبِسَ الْحُسْنَ كَشَمْسِ الدَّوْلَةٍ الْ

مَلْكِ إِذْ يَلْبَسُ مَعْشُوقَ الْمِدَحْ

He wore beauty like the sun of the kingdom

The king when he wears the adorned beloved