1. بِصَدر مُعَذِبي سَطَّرت ضاضاً

    مُؤَرخة لِأَيّام السُعود

    On my tormentor’s breast I inscribed ‘ḍāḍ,’

    as a chronogram for days of good fortune.

  2. وَقالَ أَحسَب حَياتَك قُلت روحي

    حَياتي بَينَ رُمان النُهودِ

    And he said, ‘Count your life.’ I replied, ‘My soul,

    my life lies between the pomegranates of the breasts.’