1. وصديق أنشدته ليَ بي

    تين حوت في الصداع معنًى بديعا

    And I recited to a friend two of my

    verses containing a wondrous meaning about headaches;

  2. فادّعاها لأجنبيٍّ ولو كا

    ن ادّعاها لخاف أمراً شنيعا

    so he ascribed them to someone else; and had he

    claimed them as his own, he would have feared something dreadful.

  3. فقلت ليسا لهُ ولا ليَ تعزى

    واسترحنا من الصداع جميعا

    So I said, “They are not his, nor are they ascribed to me,”

    and we were all relieved of the headache.