1. The pearl was amazed at my old age, so I said to it,
"Do not be amazed - the rising of the moon in its burka.
١. تعجبت دُرُّ من شيبي فقلت لها
لا تعجبي فطلوع البدرِ في السُدَفِ
2. It astonished the one who tended to it that I grew gray hair
While the pearl did not realize that pearls come from oysters."
٢. وراعها عجباً أن رُحتُ في سَمَلٍ
وما دَرَت دُرُّ أنَّ الدرَّ في الصَدَفِ