بروحي من أبصرت صفحة خده

وأبصرت وجه الشمس أغبر أسودا

With my soul, when I saw the apple of his cheek,

And I saw the face of the sun darker and blacker,

كأني أراها دونه مثلما يرى

سواها إذا ما شامها الطرف أربدا

It was as if I saw it without him just as one would see

Anything else when the gaze encounters it, colder