Sol 5.6

  1. When she falls, the one at her right falls too—

    Shuʿayb, through whom come both her repose and her fatigue.

  2. He yields to a riveted fastener beside a ring

    of brass, which her skilled craftsman joined by soldering.

  3. It is as though along her left side lies a serpent’s back;

    her moving limb stirred, while its mate lay dead still.

  4. He tossed her two dirhams, and she sped away,

    bearing him—lean in both flanks, the shaft of her tail supple—

  5. as uncoined gold glints in a hand, flashed

    by a young maiden, her bracelet and hennaed hand revealed.

Sol 5.6