1. Among the strangest things in our time—
by God!—neither people nor wealth endure:
١. مِن أَعجَبِ الأَشياءِ في دَهرِنا
وَاللَهُ لا ناسٍ وَلا والِثُ
2. Two slept on one bed and on waking
found between them, in the morning, a third.
٢. إِثنانِ باتا في فِراشٍ مَعاً
فَأَصبَحا بَينَهُما ثالِثُ