1. أصمُّ حديث القرن يا روق مسمعي

    بتأخيره يا حابسين الندَى عنِّي

    Talk of the horn, O Rawq, has deafened my ear,

    through its postponement, O you who withhold bounty from me.

  2. فلا تجعلوني في العفاةِ نعامة

    غدت تبتغي قرناً فعادت بلا أذن

    So do not make me, among seekers of bounty, an ostrich

    that went seeking a horn, then returned without an ear.