1. لَقَد عَلَّلوهُ مِن مُنىً بِبَعيدِ

    كَما أَنجَزوهُ مَوعِداً بِوَعيدِ

    Indeed, they have consoled him with a far-off hope,

    just as they fulfilled a promise to him with a threat.

  2. فَريدُ هَوىً يَبكي فَريدَ مَلاحَةٍ

    فَيَنثُرُ مِن جَفنَيهِ عِقدَ فَريدِ

    One peerless in love weeps for one peerless in beauty,

    so he scatters from his two eyelids a necklace of choice pearls.

  3. وَقَومٍ عَنَوا شَمسَ السَما بِسُجودِهِم

    وَفي الأَرضِ بَدرٌ قَد عَناهُ سُجودي

    And some people directed their prostration toward the sun of heaven,

    while on earth is a full moon toward whom my prostration has been directed.