1. نُسَيّة شحشاح غيور يهبنَه

    اخي صَدر يَلهون وَهو مشيح

    A little band of women with a vigilant, jealous man whom they fear,

    a man of resolve: they make merry while he keeps watch.

  2. تلاقيتُهُم يَوماً عَلى قطريّة

    وَلِلبُزل فيما في الخُدورِ أَنيح

    I met them one day while riding a Qatari she-camel,

    and the mature camels groaned beneath what the curtained howdahs held.