وَمُنَادِمٍ غَرِدِ الْحَدِيثِ كَأَنَّمَا

أَلْفَاظُهُ فِي السَّمْعِ نَغْمَةُ عُودِ

With a conversant whose talk is like the melody of a lute,

Its words on the ear like the music of strings.

تُغْنِي الإِشَارَةُ مِنْهُ عَنْ تَصْرِيحِهِ

وَتَدُلُّ لَفْظَتُهُ عَلَى الْمَقْصُودِ

Gesture from him can spare explicitness,

And his phrase indicates what is meant.

سَحَرَ الْعُقُولَ بَيَانُهُ فَكَأَنَّهُ

يَسْقِي الْجَلِيسَ سُلافَةَ الْعُنْقُودِ

His eloquence has enthralled minds, as though

He gives his companion to drink the juice of grapes.