1. قالتْ أريد من طبيخٍ قدرةً

    وكثرتْ حاجاتها وأوْغلَت

    She said, “I want a pot of cooked food,”

    And her demands multiplied, and she went too far.

  2. فقلتُ هذي قدرةٌ يا ستَّنا

    من قبلِ أن تمسُّها النار غلت

    So I said, “This pot, our lady,

    Has boiled—grown costly—before the fire has touched it.”