1. صَارَ أَيري دَجاجَةً تَخْصنُ البَيْ

    ضَ بِرَغْمي وَعَن قَليلٍ يُنادِي

    My cock has become a hen that broods over the eg—

    —gs against my will; soon it calls out:

  2. المِلاحَ المِلاحَ وَيلي عَلَيْهِ

    والمِلاحُ المِلاحُ جُلُّ مُرادِي

    “The beauties! The beauties!” Alas for it!

    And the beauties, the beauties, are what I chiefly desire.