1. سَعَى بِبَابِكَ لا أَخَلَّ بِفَرضهِ

    إلاَّ لأَنّي قَدْ رُمِيتُ بِجَمْرَةِ

    I would not neglect the duty of striving at your door,

    were it not that I have been pelted with a burning coal.

  2. فَاعْجَبْ لِحَظٍّ سَاقَ قَبلَ الحَجِّ لي

    رَمْيَ الجِمارِ وَعِنْدَ حَاليْ وَقْفَتي

    So marvel at a fate that brought me, before the pilgrimage,

    the casting of pebbles—and, in my plight, my standing still.