أهلاً بين كالنهود حوالكٍ

ضمخن مسكاً شيب بالكافور

Welcome, pale hairs like the breasts of dusky women,

who have drenched themselves in musk mixed with camphor.

وكأن ما زرت عليه جيوبها

شهدت يشاب بسمسمٍ مقشور

It is as though what her bodice closes over

were honey blended with hulled sesame,

وكأنما لبست لجينا محرقا

فيه بقايا من بياض سطور

and as though she had donned scorched silver,

with traces in it of lines still white.