أَبرَزَ مِن وَجنَتِهِ وَردَةً
أَودَعَها سوسَنَةً صَفرا
A rose emerged from his cheek
He endowed it with a yellow lily
وَإِنَّما صورَتُهُ آيَةٌ
ضَمَّنَها مِن سوسَنٍ عَشرا
Yet its image was a verse
In which ten lilies he placed
أَبرَزَ مِن وَجنَتِهِ وَردَةً
أَودَعَها سوسَنَةً صَفرا
A rose emerged from his cheek
He endowed it with a yellow lily
وَإِنَّما صورَتُهُ آيَةٌ
ضَمَّنَها مِن سوسَنٍ عَشرا
Yet its image was a verse
In which ten lilies he placed