1. لَقَد أَعرَبت عَيناه عَن سحر بابل

    ألا فاِخش مِن هاروتها فتنة السحرِ

    His eyes have indeed revealed the magic of Babylon;

    Beware, then, of the lure of magic from its Harut.

  2. فَيا للهَوى مِن مُعرب غنج لحظه

    عَلى أَنّ مبنيّ الجُفون عَلى الكسرِ

    So, O Love, how eloquent the coquetry of his glance,

    Though his eyelids are fixed in a languid droop!

  3. وَأَشهَد حَقّاً أَن فوق جَبينه

    لطرَّة لَيل قَد حكت لَيلة القَدرِ

    And I truly bear witness that above his brow

    Is surely a forelock of night that has mirrored the Night of Decree;

  4. وَأنّ الَّذي يَتلو عَلَينا جَماله

    لآيات حسن هُنّ مِن سورة الفَجرِ

    And that what his beauty recites to us

    Are surely verses of beauty—they are from the Surah of Dawn.