1. وَحاجَةٍ ظلتُ أَشكوها إِلى عُمَرٍ

    وَقَد تَرَقرَقَ دَمعُ العَينِ يَنحَدِرُ

    And I kept complaining to Umar of a need,

    while tears welled in my eyes and streamed down.

  2. فَقالَ ذو فِطنَةٍ نَبَّه لَها عَمَراً

    فَقُلتُ واخَيبَتي إِن لَم يَنَم عُمَرُ

    Then a shrewd man said, “Awaken Umar to it.”

    Then I said, “Alas for me if Umar does not sleep!”