1. أليسَ عجيباً أنّ آلَ محمدٍ

    قتيلٌ وباقٍ هائمٌ وأسيرُ

    Is it not strange that, of Muhammad's family,

    one is slain, another a wandering survivor, and another a captive?

  2. تَنام الحمامُ الورقُ عند هُجوعها

    ونومُهُمُ عند الرّقاد زَفيرُ

    The gray doves sleep when they settle to rest,

    while the family's sleep, at the time of repose, is sighing.