1. قالتْ وناولْتُها سواكا

    سادَ بفيها على الأراكِ

    She said, as I handed her a tooth-stick

    that, in her mouth, reigned over the arak tree:

  2. سوايَ ما ذاقَ طعم ريقي

    قلت بلى ذاقه سواكي

    "No one but me has tasted my saliva."

    I said, "Indeed, your tooth-stick has tasted it."