1. إِذا ما لِساني لاحَ في ظَهرِ نُطقِهِ

    رَمى السَمعَ مِنهُ بِالأَغَرِّ المُحَجَّلِ

    When my tongue gleams upon the back of its speech,

    it hurls from it at the ear a white-blazed, white-socked steed.

  2. فَ لاتُنكِرَن أَن قُلتُ ما لا تَقولُهُ

    فَمِثلِ عَلِيٍّ مَن تَكَلَّمَ مِن عَلِ

    So do not find it strange that I have said what you do not say;

    for whoever speaks from on high is like Ali.