1. قلتُ لنحويٍّ إذا عُرِّضا

    لهُ بأوقاتِ الرضى أعرضا

    I said to a grammarian who, whenever a hint was made

    to him about moments of favor, turned away:

  2. يا حيثُ لوْ أصبحَ بابُ الرضى

    كيفَ لما كنتُ كأمسِ مضى

    “O ‘where,’ if the gate of favor had become

    ‘how,’ I would not have been like yesterday gone by.”