1. يا بِرُوحي فارساً علقته

    خَنِث التهييفِ مَعْسول الدلالِ

    Ah, I would give my soul for a horseman I love,

    Delicately slender, honey-sweet in his coquetry.

  2. أحْرزَ الحسنَ فلما نالَه

    قامَ في غاياتِه يدعو نَزالِ

    He won beauty, and when he had attained it,

    He stood at its utmost bounds, calling, “Come, fight!”