1. يا ناظراً في خدِّ أَغْيَدَ مائس

    خالاً يَرِقُّ نضارةً وجَمَالا

    O you who behold, on the cheek of a supple, swaying youth,

    a mole, delicate in freshness and beauty:

  2. سكن الفؤادَ وحلَّ بعض سوادِهِ

    في وَرْد جنتهِ فسمِّيَ خالا

    He dwelt in the heart, and some of its blackness settled

    in the rose of his garden, and so was called a mole.