ومُستَحسَنٍ في كلّ حالٍ دلالها

كبيرٌ هواها وهيَ في صِغَرِ السنِّ

With elegance in every circumstance is her charm

Great is her love though still young in years

تُراعي بعينٍ تغمزُ الناسَ في الهوى

وتقرأُ منها السحرَ في مَرض الجفْنِ

She watches with a playful glance that seduces in passion

And recites sorcery from it despite the sickness of eyelids

كأنّكَ منها ناظر إنْ تَبَسّمَتْ

إلى بَرَدٍ تجلوهُ بارقَةُ الدّجْنِ

As if from her eyes you're watching when she smiles

To a coldness that her radiance of youth makes glow

ترى قَدّها في نشوةٍ من رَشَاقَةٍ

فهل خَلَعَتْ منه على الغُصُن اللدنِ

You see her stature in the thrill of slender grace

As if she had shed it onto the tender branch

بنفسيَ من جسْمي حديثٌ بحبّها

وَطَرْفيَ منها رائدٌ روضة الحسنِ

My soul speaks to me of loving her

And my eyes lead to her garden of beauty