1. حباها بإحسانٍ وبادرَ مُسرعا

    إلى وَتِد المنقارِ عَلَّق خُفَّها

    He favored her with kindness and hastened swiftly

    To the beak’s peg, where he hung her slipper.

  2. وكان إذا ما غاظَه قبحُ فِعلِها

    يَبُلُّ قفاهُ ثم يَصفَع كَفَّها

    And whenever the ugliness of her conduct angered him,

    He would wet the back of his neck, then slap her palm.