1. غارَت وَقَد قُلتُ لِمِسواكِها

    أَراكَ تَجني ريقَها يا أَراك

    She grew jealous when I said to her toothstick:

    “I see you harvesting her saliva, O arak twig.”

  2. قالَت تَمَنّيتَ جَنى ريقَتي

    وَفازَ بِالتَرشافِ مِنها سِواك

    She said, “You longed for the harvest of my saliva,

    Yet someone other than you—the toothstick—won the chance to sip it.”