1. للَّهِ كِفْتيٌّ أَطاعَ صَبَابَتي

    فيه الفُؤادُ وَخَالَف اللُّوّاما

    What a wondrous metal inlayer! My heart obeyed my passion

    for him and defied the reproachers.

  2. مَدَّ الشّريطَ على الحَديدِ فَخِلْتُهُ

    قَمراً يُطرِّزُ بِالبُروقِ غَمامَا

    He stretched the strip over the iron, so I imagined him

    a moon embroidering clouds with flashes of lightning.