1. وأَغْرَبُ ما مَرَّ في مَسْمَعِي

    وأَوقعَني بَينَ غَيٍّ ورُشْدِ

    And the strangest thing that ever reached my ears

    And left me torn between error and right guidance

  2. قِرَاءةُ قَارٍ دَعَا إذْ تَلاَ

    بِصَوْتٍ ومَعنَى لفسْقٍ وزُهْدِ

    Was a reciter’s recitation: as he recited, he called

    With his voice to debauchery, and his meaning to asceticism.