1. ولولا أنني أرجو خلاصاً

    منَ الأحكامِ كنتُ قتلتُ نفسي

    And were it not that I hope for release

    from judging, I would have killed myself.

  2. نُقَضّي العمرَ في شكوى ودعوى

    وإنكارٍ وإقرارٍ وحبسِ

    We spend our lives in complaints and lawsuits,

    and denial, and admission, and imprisonment.