1. أعجب شيء رأيت يوما

    والدهر في صرفه أمور

    The strangest thing I saw one day—

    And time, in its vicissitudes, brings happenings—

  2. ثلاث عور رأيت يوما

    قد سكنوا في ثلاث دور

    Was three one-eyed men I saw one day,

    Who had settled in three houses.