1. وَقائِلَةٍ لا تَرضَ بِالشِّعرِ خُطَّةً

    فَفي دَهرِنا أَهلوهُ مِن أَحقَرِ البَشَر

    And a woman said, “Do not settle for poetry as a calling,

    for in our age its practitioners are among the lowliest of humankind.”

  2. فَقُلتُ أَنا الياقوتُ بَينَ حِجارَةٍ

    وَقَد تَشمَلُ الياقوتَ تَسمِيَةُ الحَجَر

    So I replied, “I am the ruby among stones,

    and the name ‘stone’ may encompass the ruby.”