1. يَا هِنْدُ لاَ تُنْكِرِي فِي الأَرْضِ مُضْطَرَبِي

    فَإِنَّمَا أَبْتَغِي العَلْيَاءَ لِي وَلَكِ

    O Hind, do not disapprove of my roaming the earth.

    For I seek only eminence, for myself and for you.

  2. قَالَتْ أَرَاكَ حَثِيْثَ السَّيْر قُلْتُ لَهَا

    وَالْبَدْرُ أَيْضَاً حَثِيْثُ السَّيْرِ فِي الفَلَكِ

    She said, "I see you traveling swiftly." I said to her:

    "And the full moon, too, moves swiftly in the celestial sphere."

  3. وَقَدْ مُنِيْتُ بِدَهْرٍ لَيْسَ يُنْصِفُنِي

    وَمَا عَلِمْتُ لَهُ فِي ذَاكَ مِنْ دَرَكِ

    And I have been afflicted by an age that does not treat me fairly,

    And I know of no redress against it for that.