وَأَغَرَّ ضاحَكَ وَجهُهُ مِصباحَهُ

وَأَغَرَّ ضاحَكَ وَجهُهُ مِصباحَهُ

فَأَنارَ ذا قَمَراً وَذَلِكَ فَرقَدا

فَأَنارَ ذا قَمَراً وَذَلِكَ فَرقَدا

And a radiant youth, whose face exchanged smiles with his lamp:

So this shone as a moon, and that as a Farqad star.

ما إِن خَبا تِلقاءَ نورِ جَبينِهِ

ما إِن خَبا تِلقاءَ نورِ جَبينِهِ

حَتّى ذَكا بِذَكائِهِ فَتَوَقَّدا

حَتّى ذَكا بِذَكائِهِ فَتَوَقَّدا

No sooner had it dimmed before the light of his brow

Than it kindled from his radiance and blazed up.