لَنا مِن بَناتِ الماءِ بيضٌ أَلَذُّ مِن

هلاكِ عَدُوٍّ أَو نَجاةِ صَديقِ

We have eggs from the daughters of water that are more delicious than

The demise of an enemy or the rescue of a friend

إِذا هِيَ رَقَّت في غَلائِلَ فَضَّةٍ

جَلَتها المَقالي في ثِيابِ عَقيقِ

When they are soft in silver pots

The pans adorn them in garments of carnelian

وَبُلطِيَّةً قَد سُكبِجَت فَإِهابُها

كَحُلَّةِ وَشيٍ ضَمَّخَت بِخَلوقِ

And an omelette that was cooked so its edges

Are like the kohl of a bottle tainted with indigo

وَساقِيَةٍ تَسعى بِراحِ حَبابِها

كَطَوقِ أَقاحٍ في قَميصِ شَقيقِ

And a pot running with the wind of its bubbles

Like a necklace of pearls in a shirt of chrysolite

وَشَعري رَسولي فَاِقضِ حَقَّ غِنائِهِ

فَإِنَّكَ تَقضي حَقَّهُ وَحُقوقي

And my hair is disheveled so fulfill the right of its disarray

For in fulfilling its right you fulfill my own