1. سَأَلتُ بَريداً من خراسان جائِياً

    أَماتَ خوارِزميُّكُم قالَ لي نَعم

    I asked a courier coming from Khurasan:

    “Has your Khwarizmi died?” He said to me, “Yes.”

  2. فَقُلتُ اكتُبوا بِالجص من فَوق قَبرِهِ

    أَلا لعن الرحمنُ مَن كَفَرَ النِعَم

    So I said, “Write with plaster above his grave:

    ‘Lo, may the All-Merciful curse whoever was ungrateful for blessings!’”