1. لعليٍّ محاسنُ الأنوارِ

    كرّم الله وجهَه بالعذارِ

    Ali has the beauties of light;

    God has honored his face with cheek-down.

  2. مرتضى الحسن قد بدا من علاه

    فوق ورد الخدود نور الوقار

    Beauty’s chosen one—from his loftiness has appeared

    Above the roses of his cheeks, the light of dignity.

  3. حبّذا ذلك العذار الّذي قد

    لذّ لي في هواه خلعُ العذار

    How lovely that cheek-down, for love of which

    Casting off restraint has grown sweet to me.

  4. من بخار الكمال أنبته الحس

    نُ فكم مسلم صبا بالبخاري

    From the vapor of perfection, beauty made it grow;

    And how many a Muslim has fallen for al-Bukhari!

  5. فتأمّل ما سال في الخدّ من نظ

    م حديثٍ مسلسلٍ كالنضار

    So contemplate what has flowed upon the cheek: a string

    Of discourse, linked like pure gold.

  6. واقرَ تاريخ نورِ سلسال وجهٍ

    يولج الليل ربّنا في النهار

    And read the chronogram of a face’s flowing light:

    Our Lord causes night to enter day.