1. قالَت أُحِبُّكَ قُلتُ كاذِبَةٌ

    غُرّي بِذا مَن لَيسَ يَنتَقِدُ

    She said, ‘I love you.’ I said, ‘Liar.’

    Use this to deceive someone who lacks discernment.

  2. هَذا كَلامٌ لَستُ أَقبَلُهُ

    الشَيخُ لَيسَ يُحِبُّهُ أَحَدُ

    This is talk I do not accept.

    No one loves an old man.

  3. سَيّانُ قَولُكِ ذا وَقَولُكِ إِنْ

    ن الريحَ نَعقِدُها فَتَنعَقِدُ

    Your saying this is the same as your saying that

    we knot the wind, and it becomes knotted,

  4. أَو أَن تَقولي النارُ بارَدِةٌ

    أَو أَن تَقولي الماءُ يَتَّقِدُ

    or saying that fire is cold,

    or saying that water blazes.