1. أَصبَحتُ أَطوَعَ خَلقِ اللَهِ كُلِّهِمُ

    نَفساً لِأَكثَرِ خَلقِ اللَهِ عِصيانا

    I have become the most obedient of all God's creatures,

    in soul, to the most disobedient of God's creatures.

  2. فَلا كِتابٌ فَدَتكِ النَفسُ يُضحِكُنا

    فَقَد أَتانا كِتابٌ مِنكِ أَبكانا

    So no letter—may my soul be your ransom—makes us laugh;

    for a letter from you has come to us and made us weep.