1. حَنتي حانِياتُ الدَّهر حَتَّى

    كأَنِّي خاتِلٌ يَدنُو لِصَيدِ

    Time's bending afflictions have bowed me, until

    I seem a stealthy hunter drawing near to prey.

  2. قَريبُ الخَطوِ يَحَسبُ مَن رآني

    ولَستُ مُقَيَّداً أَنَّى بِقَيدِ

    Short of stride, whoever sees me thinks—

    though I am not fettered—that I am in chains.