1. أَديمُ وَجهِكَ يا زِنديقُ لَو جُعِلَت

    مِنهُ الوِقايَةُ وَالتَجليدُ لِلكُتُبِ

    If the skin of your face, O heretic, were made

    into protective covers and bindings for books,

  2. لَم يَعلُها عَنكَبوتٌ أَينَما تُرِكَت

    وَلا تُخافُ عَلَيها سَطوَةُ اللَهَبِ

    no spider would climb upon them, wherever they were left,

    nor would the onslaught of flames be feared for them.