1. وَصَفْرَاءَ كَالدّينَارِ في كأسِ فضَّةٍ

    حَكَتْ خَدَّ مَعْشُوقٍ على خَدّ عَاشِقِ

    Golden like a dinar in a silver chalice

    The cheek of the beloved caressed the cheek of the lover

  2. إذَا شِمْتُ بَرْقاً مِنْ سَمَاءِ عُذَيْبِهَا

    تَذَكَّرْتُ ما بَيْنَ العُذَيْبِ وَبَارِقِ

    When I smell a flash of lightning from her Udhaib's sky

    I recall what's between Udhaib and Bariq