1. كَم غادَةٍ مِثلَ الثُرَيّا في العُلا

    وَالحُسنُ قَد أَضحى الثَرى مِن حُجبِها

    Many a maiden, like the Pleiades in loftiness

    And beauty, now has dust as one of her veils.

  2. وَلِعُجبِها ما قَرَّبَت مِرآتَها

    نَزَّهتُ خِلّي عَن مَقالي عُج بِها

    And because of her vanity, she did not bring her mirror near.

    I deemed my friend too noble for my saying, 'Turn aside to her.'