1. لحا الله دنيانا التي مذ عهدتها

    تعز خساسا أو تذل عزازا

    May God curse our world, which, ever since I have known it,

    Exalts the base or abases the noble.

  2. عجوز إذا ساءت تسوء حقيقة

    بنيها وان سرت تسر مجازا

    An old woman: when she saddens, she truly saddens

    Her sons; and if she gladdens, she does so only figuratively.