1. أحجِّبُ منظرَ المرآة عنه

    لتسلم من نبال المقلتينِ

    I conceal the mirror from his view,

    so it may be safe from the arrows of his two eyes.

  2. وأكره أن يراها وهو عندي

    مخافة أن تثنّيه لعيني

    And I hate for him to see it while he is with me,

    for fear it might double him in my sight.

  3. أقاسي ما أقاسي وهو فذٌّ

    ينوب قوامه عن صعدتين

    I suffer what I suffer while he is but one,

    his stature standing in for two spears.

  4. وأرهب كوكباً منه سباني

    فكيف إذا تبدى فرقدين

    And I dread a star of his that has taken me captive—

    how, then, would I fare if he appeared as the two Farqad stars?