1. نفسِي بزَهرةٍ دُنياها معذَّبةٌ

    فكيفَ حالُ مَنِ الدّنيا تُعذِّبُهُ

    My soul is tormented by the bloom of its worldly life;

    then how fares one whom the world torments?

  2. ومن سَمَتْ لوصالِ الشّمسِ هِمَّتُهُ

    فغيرُ مُستَنكَرٍ إنْ عزّ مطلبُهُ

    And he whose ambition has soared to union with the sun—

    it is no wonder if his goal is hard to attain.