1. أنا أحوي ذخائر الأعلاقِ

    وأصونُ الحليَّ في أغلاقِ

    I hold treasures of precious things,

    And safeguard the jewelry behind locks.

  2. فكأنَّ عيني وجفني غطائي

    ولآلى الحُلى دمعُ المآقي

    So it is as though my eye and eyelid were my covering,

    And the jewelry’s pearls were tears from the corners of the eyes.

  3. أنا كالصدرِ أكتم السرَّ لكنْ

    أجعل العقد فيّ تحتَ التراقي

    I am like the chest: I conceal the secret, yet

    I place the necklace within me, beneath the collarbones.