1. إِن كُنتَ بِالأَسمَرِ الزَيني مُعتَنِياً

    فَسَل عَنِ الأَبيَضِ الفِضِّيِّ بُلبالي

    If you are devoted to the dark Zayni one,

    Then ask my anguish about the silvery-white one.

  2. أَلَيسَ في الرُمحِ شِبرٌ قاتِلٌ أَبَداً

    وَفي المُهَنَّدِ شِبرٌ غَيرُ قَتّالِ

    Is there not in the spear a handspan that is always deadly,

    And in the Indian-forged sword a handspan that does not kill?