1. وَما أَنا إِلّا مِن أَقَلِّ عَبيدِهِ

    وَلَكِن عُبَيدٌ مِن أَقَلِّ عَبيدِ

    And I am but among the least of his servants,

    but a little servant among the least of servants.

  2. وَرُبَّ شَريد الفِكرِ لا الشِعرِ قَد أَتى

    بِصَخرٍ لِصَخرِ وَهوَ لِاِبنِ شَريدِ

    And many a wanderer in thought—not in verse—has brought

    a rock (Sakhr) for Sakhr, though it is for Ibn Sharid.