1. قال وأجفان مقلتيه تكف

    وجسمه ظاهر السقام دنف

    He spoke while his eyelids were closing

    And his body appeared visibly sick

  2. أعمالنا هذه التي كثر ال

    إرجاف فيها بنا فليس تقف

    These deeds of ours which oft repeated

    Shaking us yet they did not stop

  3. قد صرفونا عنها فقلت لهم

    نعم وصادف عين واو نون ألف

    They diverted us from them so I told them

    Yes, and an eye, waw, and nun met an alif