1. عذراً على عبل الشوى مرحٍ

    والخيل من حوله مثل الحصى عددا

    Pardon me for reproaching the Sharif—bravo!

    And horses surround him, as countless as pebbles,

  2. في خلعةٍ لو رآها يوم يلبسها

    نمرود قبل وجه الأرض أو سجدا

    in a robe which, had Nimrod seen it when the Sharif wore it,

    Nimrod would have kissed the face of the earth—or prostrated himself.