1. نورٌ تولدَ بينَ الشمسِ والقمرِ

    يجلُّ حسناً عن الأشباهِ والصورِ

    A light born between the sun and the moon,

    too sublime in beauty for likenesses and forms.

  2. إن قلتُ من بشرٍ قالت محاسنُهُ

    لا والهَوى ما الذي تعني من البشرِ

    If I say, "He is human," his charms reply:

    "No, by love! Whom among humans do you mean?"

  3. فكلُّ وصفِكَ دعوى لا تقومُ بها

    من تنحه غيرَ لحظِ العينِ بالنظَرِ

    Every description of yours is a claim you cannot substantiate;

    [Wording unclear: "whomever you set aside"]—save the eye's glance as it gazes.

  4. فالوهمُ يَعجزُ عنهُ فهو مقتسم

    رأياً تحيَّرَ بين القلبِ والفِكَرِ

    Imagination cannot grasp him, and so it is divided,

    in judgment, bewildered between the heart and thoughts.