1. وإذا بصُرت بكفِّها اليسرى حكت

    يد حاسبٍ تُلقي عليك صنوفا

    And when you look at her left palm, it resembles

    a reckoner's hand, presenting you with varied forms.

  2. فكأنما المِضرابُ في أوتاره

    قَلمٌ يمَجمجُ في الكتاب حروفا

    So it is as though the plectrum among its strings were

    a pen scrawling letters in a book.

  3. ويجسُّه إِبهامُها فكأنما

    في النَقر تنفي بهرَجاً وزُيوفا

    And her thumb probes it, as though

    in tapping she were rejecting base coins and counterfeits.