1. يا قفا طاهِرٍ وكَفَّ أبي مل

    بسِ كيفَ اجتَمعتُما في مَكانِ

    O Tahir’s nape and the palm of Abu Mul—

    —bis, how did you two meet in one place?

  2. أينَ هَذا وذا ومَا صَنعةُ الفَق

    قاعِ مِن جِنسِ صَنعةِ الدِّيوانِ

    How far apart are this and that! The craft of the brew—

    —er is not of the same kind as the chancery’s craft.