1. رُبّ  شعر  نظمتُه كالثريا

    يملأ النفس والمسامع وحيا

    Many a poem have I composed, like the Pleiades,

    filling the soul and the ears with inspiration.

  2. هو  بيت  مفخّم  هو قصر

    هو  عرش  ودولة هو دنيا

    It is a stately house of verse—it is a palace;

    it is a throne and a realm; it is a whole world.