شَمْسٌ كَما قد تَعلمونَ مُقَرْنَزٌ

شَمْسٌ كَما قد تَعلمونَ مُقَرْنَزٌ

جَعَلَ السُّها مِن نَظْمِهِ أَفْلاذَا

جَعَلَ السُّها مِن نَظْمِهِ أَفْلاذَا

Shams, as you already know, is horned.

The sun, as you know, is golden orange

He made al-Suhā into fragments with his verse.

It made the poets marvel at its composition

وَلَهُ أَشارَ ابنُ الحسينِ بقولهِ

وَلَهُ أَشارَ ابنُ الحسينِ بقولهِ

أَمُسَاوٍرٌ أَمْ قَرْنُ شَمْسٍ هذا

أَمُسَاوٍرٌ أَمْ قَرْنُ شَمْسٍ هذا

And Ibn al-Husayn alluded to him when he said:

And Ibn Al-Hussein gestured towards it, saying

“Is this an assailant, or a horn of the sun?”

Is it a bracelet or the horn of the sun?