1. لا عبْتُ بالشطرنجِ مَنْ

    أضحى كشمسٍ طالعَهْ

    I do not play chess with one

    Who is like the rising sun

  2. نفسي به ماتتْ وما

    تعجبُني المقاطعَهْ

    My soul with him has died

    And I do not like being cut off