1. بليت وطرفى للمحاسن يقظان

    وطرف الليالى عن ذوى المجد وسنان

    I have grown worn, yet my eye is wakeful to beauty.

    While the eye of the nights is drowsy, heedless of men of glory.

  2. عفا الدهر بعد الأكرمين وما عفا

    كمالى ولكن للسعادة ابان

    Time has faded after the most generous, yet not

    My excellence—but good fortune has its season.