1. أَمَّا الَّتِي أَهْوَى فَلِي شَطْرُ اسْمِها

    وَإذَا يُصَحَّفُ لَمْ يَكُنْ إِلا لَها

    As for the woman I love, half her name is mine.

    And when its letter-dots are changed, it is hers alone.

  2. وتَفُوهُ بِالبِاقي إِذَا قَلَّبْتَه

    غَضْبَى فَأَلقَى بِالرِّضَى إِذْلالَها

    And she utters the rest, when you reverse it,

    In anger; so I meet the humiliation she inflicts with contentment.