1. سَأل الرَقيب عَن سقامي قُلت لا أَعلم

    من أَخبَر الضدّ عَن حالي وَمن أَعلَم

    The watcher asked about my illness; I said, “I do not know

    who told my adversary about my condition, and who informed him.”

  2. ما صُنتُ سر الهَوى وَاللَهُ بي أَعلَم

    إِلّا لِعلمي لَما أَفلَح الجاهل

    I have not guarded love’s secret—and God knows me best—

    except because I know—surely the ignorant never prospered—

  3. أنّي أَنا الميم وَدَهري الأَفلَح الأَعلَم

    that I am the letter mīm, and my fate is cleft in both its lower and upper lips.