1. قَد سائَها العُقمُ لا ضَمَّت وَلا وَلَدَت

    وَذاكَ خَيرٌ لَها لَو أُعطِيَت رَشَدا

    Barrenness has grieved her: she has neither embraced nor borne a child.

    And that is better for her, if only she were granted sound judgment.

  2. ما يَأخُذُ المَوتُ مِن نَفسٍ لِمُنفَرِدٍ

    شَيئاً سِواها إِذا ما اِغتالَ وَاِحتَشَدا

    Death takes from a solitary soul

    Nothing but that soul itself, when it slays by stealth and musters its forces.

  3. وَمُنشِدُ الخَيرِ لا تُصغي لَهُ أُذُنٌ

    قَد ضَلَّ مُذ كانَتِ الدُنِّيا فَما نُشِدا

    And no ear listens to the proclaimer of goodness;

    It has been lost since the world began, and has never been sought.