1. حمى ثغراً بخالٍ عنبريٍّ

    يقول وقد تزايَد ضوع نشر

    He guarded a mouth with an ambergris-scented mole,

    Which says, as the waft of fragrance has intensified:

  2. أضاعونِي وأيّ فتىً أضاعوا

    ليوم كريهةٍ وسداد ثغر

    “They have squandered me—and what a youth they have squandered—

    For a day of battle and the guarding of a frontier!”