1. ومعذر صفحات وجنته

    كالشمس في حلل من الدمس

    And a down-cheeked youth, the surfaces of whose cheek

    are like the sun in robes of darkness,

  2. حيا فقلت الشمس قد طلعت

    ليلا لما شاهدت من انسى

    greeted me; I said, 'The sun has indeed risen

    at night!' at the sight of my delight.

  3. فعجبت من شمس بدت بدجوا

    وبقيت فيه مراجعا نفسي

    So I marveled at a sun appearing in darkness,

    and kept consulting myself about it.

  4. فغدا يقول أذاك من عجب

    اعجب لهذا الأمر بالعكس

    Then he began to say, 'Is that a cause for wonder?

    Marvel at this matter in reverse:

  5. فانظر لمعجزات العذاربدت

    بوجنة كالليل في الشمس

    look at the miracles of the cheek-down, appearing

    on a cheek, like night within the sun.'