1. لِمَنِ الدارُ وَالرُسومُ العَوافي

    بَينَ سَلعٍ وَأَبرَقِ العَزّافِ

    Whose are the dwelling and the fading traces,

    Between Salʿ and Abraq al-ʿAzzāf?

  2. دارُ خَودٍ تَشفي الضَجيعَ بِعَذبِ ال

    طَعمِ مُزٍّ وَبارِدٍ كَالسُلافِ

    The dwelling of a tender maiden who soothes her bedmate with something sweet to the

    taste, tangy and cool as choice wine.

  3. ما تَراها عَلى التَعَطُّلِ وَالبِذ

    لَةِ إِلّا كَدُرَّةِ الأَصدافِ

    You never see her, though unadorned and in plain

    dress, except as a pearl from its shell.