1. مَهما رشقت عينيَ ذاكَ الخَدّا

    ظاهَرتُ من الصُدغ لِعَيني سَردا

    Whenever my eye shot arrows at that cheek,

    I layered chain mail of temple-hair for my eye.

  2. يا دَولَةَ أَطفالِ زُنوجٍ فَرَشوا

    مِن ناعِمِ خَدّيكَ برغمي وَردا

    How fortunate the little Black children, who have made

    a bed of roses from your soft cheeks, against my will!