1. يا أيّها الشيخُ الّذي لم يزل

    تزدحمُ الناس على بابهِ

    O sheikh, who has always had

    people thronging at his door,

  2. ما ذو وجوه كلّما سُوّدت

    كان وجيهاً عند أربابهِ

    what has faces and, whenever they are blackened,

    is held in esteem by its owners?