1. ما إِن دَرى ذاكَ الذَميمُ وَقَد شَكا

    مِن نَيلِ مُمتَدِحٍ وَرَمحِ جَوادِ

    That vile fellow did not know, having complained

    of a panegyrist’s reward and a steed’s kick,

  2. هَل يَشتَكي وَجَعاً بِهِ في سُرَّةٍ

    بِالسينِ أَم في صُرَّةٍ بِالصادِ

    whether the pain he complained of was in his navel,

    spelled with sīn, or in his purse, spelled with ṣād.