1. لَم أَرَ مُحبوساً مِنَ الناسِ واحِداً

    حَبا زائِراً في السِجنِ غَيرَ يَزيدِ

    I have not seen a single prisoner among men

    Who bestowed a gift on a visitor while in prison, except Yazīd.

  2. سَعيدُ بنُ عَمرٍو إِذ أَتاه أَجازَهُ

    بِخَمسينَ أَلفاً عُجِّلَت لِسَعيدِ

    When Saʿīd ibn ʿAmr came to him, he rewarded him

    With fifty thousand, paid promptly to Saʿīd.