1. ماسوا قُضُباً وأَسفَروا أَقمارا

    في لَيلِ شُعورٍ تَهتِكُ الأَستارا

    They swayed like supple boughs and shone forth like moons,

    In a night of tresses, rending the veils.

  2. كَم قَد كَسَروا بِكَسرِ أَجفانِهِمُ

    في مَوكِبِ جِيشِ حُسنِهم جَبَّارا

    How many have they broken with the droop of their eyelids—

    Mighty men, amid the procession of their beauty’s army!