1. قَد جُنَّ شَيخي أَبو نِزارٍ

    بِذِكرِ مِصرٍ وَأَينَ مِصرُ

    My sheikh Abu Nizar has indeed gone mad

    Over talk of Egypt—and where is Egypt?

  2. وَاللَهِ لَو حَلَّها لَقالوا

    قِفاهُ يا زيدُ فَهُوَ عُمرو

    By God, were he to settle there, they would say:

    “Stop him, O Zayd, for he is Amr!”