1. هَريسَةٌ بَيضاءَ كافورِيَّه

    في قَصعَةٍ صَفراءَ دينارِيَّه

    A white, camphor-like harisa,

    In a bowl as yellow as a dinar;

  2. لِلمَرءِ فيها حُمَّةٌ مِسكِيَّه

    وَلِلسَلاءِ لَمعَةٌ تِبرِيَه

    For the eater, it holds a musk-like dark patch;

    And the clarified butter has a gleam of raw gold,

  3. تَدورُ في مِبيَضَّةٍ فِضِّيَّه

    مِثلَ السِوارِ في يَدِ الرومِيَه

    Circling within a silvery-white expanse,

    Like a bracelet on a Byzantine woman's hand.