1. إِذَا انْتَقَدَ الدِّينارَ شَبَّهتُ كَفَّهُ

    لَدى وَاضح الدّينارِ في وَضَحِ الكفِّ

    When he examines the dinar, I liken his palm,

    with the shining dinar in the palm’s whiteness,

  2. بِنَرْجِسةٍ صَفْراءَ قَدْ طَلَّها النَّدى

    يَخافُ عَلَيْهَا مُجْتَنوهَا مِنَ القَطْفِ

    to a yellow narcissus moistened by dew,

    whose gatherers fear for it when plucking.