1. يا أُدَباءَ الزَمانِ إِنّي

    أَعجَزَني لِلعَويصِ كَشفُ

    O men of letters of the age, indeed I

    have failed to unravel a difficult riddle.

  2. فَخَبِّروني عَن اِسمِ جَمعِ

    النصف ظرفٌ وَالنصفُ حَرفُ

    So tell me of a collective noun:

    half of it an adverb, and half a particle.