أحببت نقاش صاغةٍ شهدت

أحببت نقاش صاغةٍ شهدت

له بفرط الملاحةِ الحورُ

له بفرط الملاحةِ الحورُ

I loved a goldsmiths’ engraver; witness was borne

I loved the eloquence of a radiant conversation

to his surpassing beauty by the houris.

The nymphs testified to its sweet honey

يصيدُ قلب الورى بناظره

يصيدُ قلب الورى بناظره

فجفنه كاسرٌ ومكسورُ

فجفنه كاسرٌ ومكسورُ

He snares humankind’s heart with his gaze;

It captures the hearts of people with its glances

so his eyelid is both a breaker and broken.

So its eyelids are alluring and broken