1. وأُترجَّةٍ صفراءَ لم أَدْرِ لونَها

    أَمنْ فَرَقِ السكّينِ أَم فُرقةِ السّكنْ

    And a yellow citron—I knew not the cause of its color:

    Was it from fear of the knife, or separation from its home?

  2. بحقٍ عَلَتْها صفرةٌ بعدَ خُضرةٍ

    فمن شَجَرٍ بَانت وصارتْ إلى شَجَنْ

    Rightly did yellowness overspread it after greenness,

    For it parted from a tree and passed into sorrow.