1. بأبي رشا قد دق منه خصره

    عذب اللمى حلو القوام رشيق

    May my father be ransom for a fawn whose waist has grown slender,

    Sweet of dusky lip, lovely of form, and graceful.

  2. ما إن جعلت تغزلي في خصره

    إلا لمعنى فيه وهو دقيق

    I did not make his waist the subject of my love verse

    Except for a meaning within it—and it is delicate.