1. He abandoned me, yet poetry and prose still delight me
I can compose neither fine speeches nor verse
١. تَبَرَّأَ مِنِّي وَيَحِيَ النَّظمُ والنّثْرُ
فَلا خُطْبةٌ مِما أُجيدُ ولا الشعْرُ
2. Both have been denied me by my numbness
No man is at fault when the excuse is clear
٢. وأَيْأَسَني مِنْ ذا وذاكَ تَبَلُّدي
وَما لامرِئ ذنْبٌ إذا وَضَح العُذْرُ