1. كم قرونٍ في رُؤوسٍ

    ذات طولٍ قَفَديَّهْ

    How many horns upon heads

    long and backward-sloping!

  2. عُلِّيَتْ فيها قِبابٌ

    قبل عبدِ الصَّمَديَّهْ

    Domes were raised high upon them

    before the ʿAbd al-Ṣamadiyya cap.