1. ما رأتْ عَيني عَجيباً

    كَيراعِي في الدّواةِ

    My eye has seen no marvel

    like my reed pen in the inkwell,

  2. غائِصاً يسْتَخْرِجُ الدُّرّ

    بِبَحْرِ الظّلُماتِ

    diving, drawing out pearls

    in the sea of darkness.