1. صح جسمًا فشاقت الأرض عيني

    ه جمالًا وفتنة وضياءَ

    He was sound in body, so the earth enchanted his eyes

    with beauty, allure, and radiance.

  2. صح نفسًا فشاهت الناس حتى

    كره الأرض حوله والسماءَ

    He was sound in soul, so people seemed ugly, until

    he hated the earth around him and the sky.

  3. عجبًا للحياة ما سر فيها

    جانب ترتضيه إلا أساءَ

    How strange is life! Nothing in it gives delight—

    no aspect you approve of—without also causing pain.