1. وَقَرَّبَ طاهينا بَلوعاً كَأَنَّها

    لَدى الكَسرِ مَطليُّ المَغابِنِ أَخشَفُ

    And our cook brought bread that seemed,

    when broken, like a mangy camel with tar-smeared skin-folds.