1. ما لَقِيَ البيضُ مِنَ الحُرقوصِ

    مِن مارِدٍ لِصٍّ مِنَ اللُصوصِ

    What the fair-skinned women have suffered from the ḥurqūṣ, that biting insect!

    From a rebel, a thief among thieves,

  2. يَدخُلُ تَحتَ الغَلَقِ المَرصوصِ

    بِمَهرِ لا غالٍ وَلا رَخيصِ

    It slips beneath the tightly fitted lock,

    With a bride-price neither costly nor cheap.