1. وَمُهَفهَفٍ كَالغُصنِ إِلّا أَنَّهُ

    سَلَبَ التثنِّي النَومُ عَن أَثنائِهِ

    And a slender youth, like a branch, except that

    sleep robbed his limbs of their swaying.

  2. أَضحى يَنامُ وَقَد تَحَبَّبَ خَدُّهُ

    عَرَقاً فَقُلتُ الوَردُ رُشَّ بِمائِهِ

    He lay sleeping, his cheek already beaded

    with sweat, so I said: “The rose was sprinkled with its own water.”