وناصع اللون اسود الحدقة

جفونه بالعشاء منطبقه

And one of brilliant white hue, with a black pupil,

Its eyelids closed at nightfall,

كذي دلال لم يستطع ارقا

فنام والنور واصل ارقه

Like a coy beauty unable to endure sleeplessness,

So it slept, while the blossoms kept their vigil.

هام به الليل والنهار معاً

فصد عن ذا وخص ذا مقه

Night and day were both enamored of it,

But it shunned the one and favored the other with affection.

لا تمتروا في الذي تضمنه

تلك سويداء قلب من علقه

Do not doubt what it holds within:

That is the dark core of its lover's heart.

نيلوفرا أحكمت بدائعه

لا يحتوي خلقه ولا خلقه

A water lily whose wonders were perfected,

Neither its form nor its character can be encompassed.

طاهر ثوب كأن خالقه

من عرض قاضي القضاة قد خلقه

Pure of raiment, as though its Maker

Had fashioned it from the Chief Judge's honor:

سليل عباد الذي حشمت

منه وجوه السحائب الغدقه

A scion of ʿAbbād, before whom blushed

The faces of the rain-laden clouds.

المجد افق غدا له قمرا

والحق حق حوى به طبقه

Glory is a horizon; he has become its moon,

And justice a casket that has found its lid in him.