1. لي صديق صدقاتهُ نفرُ السب

    ت وأهل الكفور والتعليق

    I have a friend whose companions are the people of the Sab-

    bath, and the people of Kippur and the Hanging.

  2. هو فيهم وليس منهم ولكن

    ربّ رأي أعدى أمرأ من صديق

    He is among them and not one of them; yet

    many a belief has infected a man through a friend.

  3. شغَلتهُ الأعياد عنّا وعن در

    س علوم الإسلام بالإبسيق

    The festivals have distracted him from us and from the stu-

    dy of the sciences of Islam at al-Ibsīq.

  4. ملهمٌ باليهود والسبت عن ذك

    ر ليالي التغريب والتشريق

    Inspired by the Jews and the Sabbath, away from remem-

    brance of the nights of westward and eastward travel.