1. عجبت لمفتون يخلف بعده

    لوارثه ما كان يجمع من كسبِ

    I marvel at a deluded man who leaves behind him

    for his heir what he used to amass from earnings.

  2. حووا ما له ثم استهلوا لقبره

    ببادي بكاء تحته ضحِكُ القلب

    They took possession of what was his, then cried aloud over his grave

    with outward weeping, beneath which lay the heart’s laughter.