1. لا تُلحِقَنِّيَ مَيناً إِن نَطَقتُ بِهِ

    إِنَّ الغَريبَ إِذ أَلحَقتَهُ لَحِقا

    Do not impute a lie to me if I utter it;

    for a stranger, once you attach him, becomes attached.

  2. أَمّا الجَمادُ فَإِنّي بِتُّ أَغبِطُهُ

    إِذ لَيسَ يَعلَمُ إِمّا آدَ أَو مُحِقا

    As for inanimate matter, I have come to envy it,

    since it does not know whether it grows strong or is annihilated.

  3. لا يَشعُرُ العودُ بِالنارِ الَّتي أَخَذَت

    فيهِ وَلا الأَصهَبُ الداريُّ إِذ سُحِقا

    Aloeswood does not feel the fire that has taken hold

    within it, nor does the tawny musk of Dārīn when crushed.