1. أَيا رَبَّ لا تَقبَل صَلاةَ مَعاشِرٍ

    يَأُمُّهُمُ دَيرُ النُمَيرِيِّ رُكَّعا

    O Lord, do not accept the prayers of people

    whom Dayr al-Numayri leads in prayer as they bow.

  2. تَقَدَّمَ يَوماً لِلصَلاةِ فَخِلتُهُ

    حِماراً أَمامَ الرَكبِ سارَ فَأَسرَعا

    One day he stepped forward for prayer, and I took him

    for a donkey that walked ahead of the caravan, then hastened.