هويت رشا حاز الجمال بأسره

له طلعة فاقت على شفق الفجر

Rasha has attained all beauty

With a brilliance beyond the dawn's glow

تحير فيه الواصفون لحسنه

وقالوا عجزنا عنه بالفكر والذكر

Those who describe his beauty are perplexed

And say they cannot fathom him in thought or speech

فقلت لهم هذا الذي صح أنه

كما شاعت الأخبار في البر والبحر

So I said to them this is the one of whom

Rumors have spread over land and sea

تراءى ومرآة الزمان صقيلة

فآثر فيها وجهه صورة البدر

He appeared when time's mirror was polished

And chose to leave his face's image there, like the full moon