1. نَفى ظُلمَةَ الشِعرِ الجَبي

    نِ فَأَمسَيتَ أَجلَحَ يا أَصلَعا

    The forehead banished the darkness of hair,

    so you became bare at the temples, O bald one.

  2. وَهَل يَملِكُ الفَجرَ إِلّا الرَبي

    بُ وَلابُدَّ لِلفَجرِ أَن يَطلُعا

    And who but the Lord can control the dawn?

    And dawn must surely rise.