1. تحير الدمع يوم بينٍ

    في جفن أحوى أغن أحور

    The tears stood bewildered on the day of parting,

    in the eyelid of a dark-lipped, sweetly nasal-voiced, dark-eyed beloved.

  2. كأنه فيه عقد در

    فقلت هذا سيفٌ مجوهر

    As though they were a necklace of pearls within it,

    so I said: “This is a jeweled sword.”