1. Two poets did not meet in an assembly,
Nor a third join them in that place,
١. وَلَمْ يُرَ في مَجلِسٍ شَاعِرانِ
ولا ثَالِثاً ضَمَّهُمْ مَوْضِعُ
2. As if we are sources for mankind,
That cannot be dualized or pluralized.
٢. كَأَنَّا مَصَادرُ عِندَ الوَرَى
فَليسَ تُثنَّى ولا تُجمَعُ