1. وَبِي حَاسِبٌ مِثْلُ بَدْرِ الدُّجَى

    تَثَنَّى بهِ غُصُنٌ يَانِعُ

    And I am enamored of a reckoner, like the full moon of the dark night.

    In him a flourishing bough swayed.

  2. أبَانَ بَيَاضًا عَلَى حُمْرَةٍ

    بِخَدّيْهِ سَعْدُهُمَا طَالِعُ

    He revealed whiteness upon redness

    on his two cheeks, their good fortune ascendant.

  3. وَوَلَّد شَكْلاً بِأصْدَاغِهِ

    لِيُدْرَى به الخَبَرُ الوَاقِعُ

    And he generated a figure at his temples,

    so that through it the news of what happens might be known.

  4. وَأطْلَعَ خَطًّا عَلَى خَدّهِ

    فَبَا حَبَّذَا الخَطُّ وَالطَّالِعُ

    And he made a line of down appear upon his cheek.

    So, how lovely the line and the ascendant!