1. سقى الجدَثَ العزِّيّ صوب غمامة

    ويا ليت تأويه الغداة يعاين

    May a cloud’s downpour water al-ʿIzzī’s grave.

    And oh, would that [its occupant] could behold this morning,

  2. فيبصر وجهاً في الورى زانَ خاله

    وعهدِي بأن الخال للوجه زائن

    And see a face among humankind that adorned its uncle—its beauty spot—

    Though I have always known the beauty spot to adorn the face.