1. لَقيتُ إِبنَةَ السَهمِيِّ زَينَبَ عَن عُفرِ

    وَنَحنُ حَرامٌ مُسيَ عاشِرَةِ العِشرِ

    I met Zaynab, al-Sahmi’s daughter, after a long separation,

    While we were consecrated for pilgrimage, at dusk on the tenth of the ten nights.

  2. فَكَلَّمتُها ثِنتَينِ كَالثَلجِ مِنهُما

    عَلى اللَوحِ وَالأُخرى أَحَرُّ مِنَ الجَمرِ

    So I spoke two words to her—one of them like snow

    Upon burning thirst, and the other hotter than embers.