1. قَلَّدَتني الفُتيا فَتَوِّجني غَداً

    تاجاً بِإِعفائي مِنَ التَقليدِ

    I have been charged with issuing legal opinions; so crown me tomorrow

    With a crown, by relieving me of that charge.

  2. وَمِنَ الرَزِيَّةِ أَن يَكونَ فُؤا

    دُكَ الوَقّادُ في جَسَدٍ عَلَيهِ بَليدِ

    And it is a calamity that your heart should be

    Ardent within a body too dull for it.

  3. وَحَوادِثُ الأَيّامِ تولَدُ جِلَّةً

    وَتَعودُ تَصغُرُ ضِدَّ كُلِّ وَليدِ

    And the days' calamities are born immense,

    And then grow smaller, unlike every newborn.