1. قالت غُلالتُهُ القَصَبْ

    لما تثنَّى وانتصَبْ

    His shackles said to the reed:

    When he bent down and stood tall

  2. مالي جَنيتُ جنايةً

    حتى صُلبتُ على الخشبْ

    What wrong did I commit

    That I was crucified on the wood