1. كانَتْ سُطُورُكَ تِرْيَاقاً لَقِيتُ بِها

    ذاكَ الشُّجاعَ فَعَادَ السُّمُ لي شُهُدا

    Your lines were an antidote; with them I faced

    that serpent, and the poison turned to honey for me.

  2. وَكانَ غَايتُها أَرجُوهُ كَفَّ أَذًى

    فَأَتْبَعَ الكَفَّ بالإحسانِ مِنهُ يَدا

    And the most I hoped they would achieve was to avert harm;

    then he followed restraint with a kindly hand of his own.