1. مُكَحَّلٌ بِالدَّعَجِ

    مُنَقَّبٌ بِالغَنَجِ

    Kohled with deep blackness,

    Veiled in coquetry,

  2. مُعَصْفَرُ التُّفّاحِ في

    خَدِ مَليحِ الضَّرَجِ

    With safflower-tinted apples in

    A cheek of lovely crimson.

  3. جَمَّشَهُ الشَّعْرُ وما

    ذاكَ لِطولِ الحُجَجِ

    Hair has caressed him, though not

    Because he is advanced in years;

  4. وإِنَّما عَارِضُهُ

    شَنَّفَهُ بالسَّبَجِ

    Rather, his cheek-down

    Has hung jet earrings upon him.