1. بِالمِسكِ مَتى عدلتُ ذاكَ الشَعَرا

    من ذاكَ تَلوّى وَبِذاكَ اِنكَسَرا

    Whenever I equated that hair with musk,

    it writhed at that and was broken by it.

  2. إِن يَجمَعنا الطيبُ عَلى ما ذَكَروا

    لَكِنّيَ قَد جِئتُ بِفَرقٍ ظَهَرا

    Even if fragrance unites us, as they have said,

    yet I have brought forth a clear distinction.