1. لله يوقال قديم غدا

    يُخبرُ عن عاد وعن جُرهم

    By God, Yuqal has grown ancient!

    He tells of ʿAd and of Jurhum.

  2. فلو رآه فلسفى قال ذا

    دليلنا في قدم العالم

    Had a philosopher seen him, he would have said, “This

    is our proof of the world's eternity.”