1. حَمَى الفَلَكُ الدّوارُ جَفْني عنِ الكَرى

    لشَتّى هُمومٍ منْهُ فِكْريَ يُحْييها

    The revolving celestial sphere has kept my eyelid from sleep,

    for the varied cares it brings, which my mind keeps alive.

  2. أراهُ رَحَى قَيْنٍ وعُمْريَ صَفْحَةٌ

    يَكُرُّ علَيْها بالمَدارِ فيُفْنيها

    I see it as a smith’s grindstone, and my life as a sheet of metal;

    it passes over it again and again as it turns, and so wears it away.