أَجلُو عَرُوساً بخدّها خَجَلٌ

كالورد لوناً ونشرها عَبِقُ

A bride with cheeks blushing red

Like a rose in color, her fragrance spread

كأنّما كوكبٌ يصافحني

مُجَوَّفُ الجسم روحُهُ شفَقُ

As if a planet greeting me

Her body hollow, her soul aglow with glee

حمراءُ مشمولةٌ لها عُمُرٌ

في طَرَفٍ منه دَهْرُهَا غَرِقُ

Rosy, bashful, yet full of life

In the corner of her eye, her age belied

أسألها حُمْرَةَ العقيق فلي

من لؤلؤٍ بعد شربها عرقُ

I asked the red carnelian and I know

After her drink no pearl could brighter glow

راحٌ أضافتْ إلى دَمي دَمَها

طبائعٌ في المزاج تَتّفِقُ

She brought vigor to my blood anew

Our natures were compatible and true

وللثّرَيّا يدٌ مُخَتَّمَةٌ

منها بناناً خضابُها الغَسَقُ

For the Pleiades she had a ring-marked palm

From which flowed henna the color of dusk's calm

كأنّها والصباحُ يقطفها

عنقودُ نَوْرٍ له الدّجى ورقُ

As if she and the morn picked the dawn

A cluster of light, gone is night's yawn

وفَحمَةُ اللَّيلِ كلَّما اعتَرَضَتْ

ألْهَبَ فيها اتّقادَهُ الفلقُ

Whenever the darkness of night crossed her path

The daybreak within her lit up in wrath

عَجِببُ من مُحْرِقٍ ومحترِقٍ

لا فحمةٌ منهما ولا حرقُ

A wonder, the burner and the burnt

No ember or scorch from either was learnt