1. قَد أَقعَدَتني عَنكُمُ مَفاصِلٌ

    وَإِن أَقامَت في اِنقِطاعي عُذري

    My joints have indeed kept me from you,

    Though they have furnished my excuse for staying away.

  2. فَصِرتُ مِن بَعدِ الحَراكِ ساكِناً

    كَالياءِ في القاضي وَفي المُستَشري

    So, after movement, I have become motionless,

    Like the yāʾ in al-qāḍī ('the judge') and in al-mustashrī ('the rampant one').