1. I knew the house of Salma, though it seemed
A haunt of jinn or book with gilded seam,

2. And I recall when youth and Salma were
As shoots that flourished, nurtured by a stream.

3. Her bracelets she would bite, were they to gain
Advance, once past her wrists, or so I deem.

4. From Jarir and his ilk they kept their blades
Though war's rough labor called them, it would seem.