1. قَدَّمَ لي أَعظَمَ حَولِيَّةٍ

    قَد طُبِخَت بِالماءِ في بُرمَتِه

    He served me a yearling’s bones,

    which had been boiled in water in his earthenware pot.

  2. فَلَم أَزَل زَلَّت بِهِ نَعلُهُ

    أَلعَبُ بِالشَطرَنجِ في قَصعَتِه

    So I kept on—may his sandal slip beneath him!—

    playing chess in his bowl.