1. شادِنٌ وَجهُهُ مِنَ البَدرِ أَوضا

    بَعضُهُ في الجَمالِ يَعشِقُ بَعضا

    A young gazelle, his face more radiant than the full moon;

    one part of him, in beauty, is enamored of another.

  2. بِأَبي مَن يُزَرفِنُ الصُدغَ بِالعَن

    بَرِ في خَدِّهِ المُوَرَّدِ عَرضا

    My father be his ransom—he who curls his sidelock with ambergris

    across his rose-flushed cheek.

  3. أَينَ لِلوَردِ مِثلُ وَردٍ بَخَدَّي

    كَ إِذا ما قَطَفتَهُ صارَ غَضّا

    What rose can match the rose upon those cheeks

    of yours, which grows fresh and tender whenever you pluck it?

  4. لَيسَ يُعطيكَ ذاكَ مِنهُ سِوى الشَ

    مِّ وَهَذا يُعطيكَ شَمّاً وَعَضّا

    That one offers you nothing but a sniff;

    this one offers you both a sniff and a bite.