1. O creator of a beauty, brother keep creating,
A year has passed, yet you didn't keep creating,
١. يا مُبدعاً في حسناء واصِل أخا
هَمّ لَهُ عامٌ وَما واصَلتا
2. He asked: Did you spend it being unkind?
I said: Yes, and in worries of many kinds.
٢. فَقالَ هَل صَيَّفَ في مساءَةٍ
قُلتُ نَعَم وَفي هُمومٍ شَتّى