إِنَّ سَلمى خُلِقَت مِن قَصَبٍ
قَصَبِ السُكَّرِ لا عَظمِ الجَمَل
Indeed, Salma was fashioned from cane—
sugarcane, not the bone of a camel.
وَإِذا أَدنَيتَ مِنها بَصَلاً
غَلَبَ المِسكُ عَلى ريحِ البَصَل
And if I brought an onion near her,
musk would overpower the onion’s smell.
Sol 5.6