1. إِنَّ الجَديدَينِ ما رَثّا وَلا خَلُقا

    وَلَم يَدوما عَلى نُعمى وَلا بوسِ

    Indeed, the ever-new pair—day and night—have neither frayed nor worn out.

    Nor have they stayed constant in prosperity or misery.

  2. قَد أَنذَرَ المُنذِرينِ الحَتفُ وَاِفتَرَسا ال

    فُرسانَ وَاِقتَبَسا نيرانَ قابوسِ

    Death has warned the two Mundhirs; day and night have devoured the

    horsemen and borrowed the fires of Qabus.