1. رأيتُ في المائق ما لا يُرى

    ورأيه في نفسه أَنْفَذُ

    I saw in the fool what cannot be seen;

    Yet his opinion of himself goes further still.

  2. إذا تذكرتُ مديحي له

    حسبته من كبدي يُفلَذُ

    Whenever I recall my praise of him,

    I imagine it being sliced from my liver.