1. أَهديتُ أزرقَ مقروناً بزرقاءِ

    كالماءِ لم يغذها شيءٌ سوى الماءِ

    I gave a blue male paired with a blue female,

    Like water, nourished by nothing but water.

  2. ذكاتُها الأَخذُ مَا تَنْفَكُّ طَاهِرَةً

    بِالبَرِّ والبحْرِ أَمْوَاتاً كأَحْياءِ

    Its capture is its ritual slaughter; it remains pure,

    On land and at sea, dead as when alive.