1. هلالٌ يُحاكِي نصفَ حَلْقةِ عاجِ

    ومُعْوَجَّ صَدْعٍ في صفاء زُجاجِ

    A crescent resembling half an ivory ring,

    And the curve of a crack in clear glass.

  2. لقد دقَّ حتى أوهم العينَ أنها

    تُراقبُ عَوْجَي شيبةٍ وحِجاج

    Indeed, it grew so slender that it made the eye imagine it

    Was watching the two curves of a gray hair and a brow ridge.