1. سَوداءُ يَذرُفُ دُمعُها

    مِثلَ الأَتونِ إِذا وَكَف

    A black one—her tears flow

    like a furnace when it leaks;

  2. وَكَأَنَّها مِن قُبحِها

    سَلحُ العَليلِ عَلى الخَزَف

    and, because of her ugliness, she is like

    a sick man's excrement on earthenware.