1. لا يبلغُ طالِبُ العلا مَرقاتي

    أَنّى وَبِدايَتي مَدى الغاياتِ

    No seeker of eminence reaches my rung.

    How could he, when my beginning is the utmost reach of goals?

  2. عاطَيتُ من العِلمِ لَعَمري نُخبَاً

    لَم يأَتي بِها الدَورُ وَلا إِن ياتي

    I have offered, by my life, choice selections of knowledge

    That time has never brought forth, nor ever will.