1. جاءَ في قَدِّهِ اِعتِدالٌ

    مُهَفهَفٌ ما لَهُ عَديلُ

    He came, his figure perfectly proportioned—

    slender-waisted, without an equal.

  2. قَد خَفَّفَت عِطفَهُ شَمالٌ

    وَثَقَّلَت جَفنَهُ شَمولُ

    A north wind had lent his waist lightness,

    and wine had made his eyelid heavy.

  3. ثُمَّ اِنثَنى راقِصاً بِقَدٍّ

    تُثنى إِلى نَحوِهِ العُقولُ

    Then he swayed in dance, with a figure

    toward which minds are drawn.

  4. يَجولُ ما بَينَنا بِوَجهٍ

    فيهِ مِياهُ الحَيا تَجولُ

    He moves among us with a face

    in which the waters of rain swirl.

  5. وَرَنَّحَ الرَوضُ مِنهُ عِطفاً

    حَفَّ بِهِ اللُطفُ وَالدُخولُ

    And the garden set his waist swaying,

    enfolded in grace and inward taper.

  6. فَعِطفُهُ داخِلٌ خَفيفٌ

    وَرَدفُهُ خارِجٌ ثَقيلُ

    So his waist curves inward, light,

    and his rump juts outward, heavy.