1. لئنْ طهَّرتَ ثوباً دونَ قلبٍ

    فطُهرُ الثوبِ دونَ القلبِ حَيْضُ

    If indeed you cleanse a garment but not your heart,

    then the garment’s purity, without the heart’s, is menstrual defilement.

  2. تكلُّ عن العلى لو صرتَ فرخاً

    وقرناصاً فكيفَ وأنتَ بَيْضُ

    You would fall short of the heights even if you became a fledgling

    and a full-grown falcon—how then, while you are still an egg?