1. بالحدّ كم قطعت بطيخة سرقت

    صغار بيض على قشر لها انفقعا

    With the blade’s edge, how many a watermelon have I cut that stole

    little eggs upon its rind, which split open.

  2. شقّاتها أشرقت شبه الأهلّة في

    طرفي ولو غربت في قلبي انتفعا

    Its slices shone like crescent moons in

    my sight; and had they set within my heart, it would have benefited.