1. فديتُ بليغاً أهَّلتني سطورهُ

    لأجنحة تسمو سموَّ الأهِلَّة

    I would give my life for an eloquent man whose lines have fitted me

    For wings that soar as high as crescent moons.

  2. فأقطف من أوراقِه الأدبَ الذي

    وأسمع من ألفاظِه اللغة التي

    So I pluck from his pages the literature that

    And hear from his words the language that