1. غَدا الناسُ كُلُّهُمُ في أَذىً

    فَزُجَّ حَياتَكَ فيمَن يُزَجّ

    All people have come to be in distress.

    So thrust your life in among those being thrust.

  2. وَلا تَطلُبَنَّ اللُبابَ الصَريحَ

    فَقَد سيطَ عالَمُنا وَاِمتَزَج

    And never seek the unalloyed essence,

    for our world has been stirred and blended.

  3. أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ طَويلَ القَري

    ضِ مِن مُتَقارِبِهِ وَالهَزَج

    Have you not seen that the Ṭawīl meter of verse

    is made from its Mutaqārib and Hazaj?