1. كأَنَّما قَمْلُ أَبي رِياشِ

    ما بَيْنَ صِئْبانِ قَفاهُ الفاشي

    It is as though Abu Riyash's lice,

    spreading among the nits on his nape,

  2. وذَا وذَا قَدْ لَجّ في انْتِعاشِ

    شَهْدانجٌ بدّدفي خِشخاشِ

    with this one and that stubbornly stirring to life,

    were hempseed scattered among poppy seeds.