أبدَت لنا نَقشاً فَقُلنا لَها

مَن خلَطَ العاجَ بِهذا الزَّرَد

She showed us an engraving, so we said to her

Who mixed ivory with this chrysolite?

فابتَسَمَت عُجباً فقُلنا ومَن

نظَّمَ في ثَغرِكِ هذَا البَرَد

She smiled in wonder, so we said: And who

Strung in your mouth this hailstone necklace bright?