1. قد شِبْتُ وعُمْرُ صَبْوتِي عن طَوْقِي

    ما شَبَّ وطِفْلُه بمَهْدِ الشَّوْقِ

    I have grown gray, yet beyond my collar the life of my youthful passion

    has not grown; its infant lies in the cradle of longing

  2. في غُصْنِ نَقاً إذا بدا عُنْصُرُه

    في ماءِ مَشارِبِي حَلاَ في ذَوْقِي

    for a branch upon a sand dune—when its essence appears

    in the water I drink, it becomes sweet to my taste.