1. فأبرزتها عذراء في زِيّ غادة

    تُرَفّ على وجه الدُعابة والهَزْل

    So I brought her forth, a virgin in a graceful maiden’s garb,

    Fanned in a spirit of playfulness and jest.

  2. وما ثمَّ إِلاّ نبعَة الشعر نبعة

    يرنّ بها طيرُ الفصاحة والنبل

    And there is nothing there but poetry’s sapling—a sapling

    In which the birds of eloquence and nobility sing out.