1. يا أوحدَ العلماء لو شاهديني

    بالأمس بين يدي ذوي الأحوال

    O peerless among scholars, had you seen me

    yesterday before the men of spiritual states,

  2. لرأيت نضواً مثل حرفٍ طالبٍ

    معنى وأسماء بلا أفعال

    you would have seen an emaciated man, like a particle seeking

    meaning, and nouns without verbs.