1. عَلى الكِذبِ اِتَّفَقنا فَاِختَلَفنا

    وَمِن أَسنى خَلائِقِكَ الصُموتُ

    On falsehood we agreed, and so we disagreed.

    And silence is among your noblest traits.

  2. وَقَد كَذَبَ الَّذي سَمّى وَليداً

    يَعيشُ وَبَرَّ مَن سَمّى يَموتُ

    And he lied who named a newborn

    Yaʿīsh (‘He lives’); he who named one Yamūt (‘He dies’) spoke truly.