1. وجُندُبةٍ تمشي بساقٍ كأنَّه

    على فَخِدٍ كالعُودِ منشارُ عرعرِ

    And a grasshopper walks on a shank as though it were

    a saw for juniper upon a thigh like a rod;

  2. مُكتَّبةٍ تجلو الجَناحَ كأنَّها

    عروسٌ تجلَّت في عِطافٍ مُعنبَرِ

    Patterned like script, she reveals her wing as though she were

    a bride unveiled in an ambergris-scented mantle.