1. لو أنَّ لي بانْبعاثِ الرِّيحِ نحوَكُمُ

    يَداً لتُبلغَكُمْ ما في طَوِيَّاتِي

    If, in the wind’s blowing toward you, I had

    a hand, so it might convey to you my innermost thoughts,

  2. لَمْ تأتِكُمْ نَسْمَةٌ إلاَّ وكاهِلُهَا

    ينُوءُ ثِقْلاً بأَعْبَاءِ التَحِيَّاتِ

    no breeze would reach you without its shoulders

    sagging heavily beneath the burdens of greetings.