1. بأبي رشا قد دق منه خصره

    عذب اللمى حلو القوام رشيق

    My father be ransom for a young gazelle whose waist has grown slender.

    Sweet of dusky lips, lovely of form, graceful.

  2. ما إن جعلت تغزلي في خصره

    إلا لمعنى فيه وهو دقيق

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

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