لَيسَ اِحمرارُ لحاظه عن علَّةٍ

لَيسَ اِحمرارُ لحاظه عن علَّةٍ

لكن دمُ القَتلى على الأَسيافِ

لكن دمُ القَتلى على الأَسيافِ

The redness of his glances is not from illness,

The redness of his cheeks is no defect

But is the blood of the slain upon the swords.

Rather, it is the blood of the slain on swords

قالوا تشابَه طرفُه وَبنانُه

قالوا تشابَه طرفُه وَبنانُه

وَمن البَديع تشابُه الأَطرافِ

وَمن البَديع تشابُه الأَطرافِ

They said, “His eye and fingertips are alike”;

They said his glance and his build are similar

And the likeness of extremities is a marvel of eloquence.

And similar features are wonderfully poetic