1. وما فَقرُ قَفْرٍ طالَ بالرىِّ عَهدُه

    إلى صَيبٍ جَوْدٍ يُرَوِّي غَليلَها

    Nor is the need of a wasteland, long unwatered,

    for a copious downpour to quench its burning thirst,

  2. بأعظمَ مِن فَقري إلأيكَ ولم أصِفْ

    وحَقَّكَ مِن شَكوايَ إلاّ قَليلَها

    greater than my need of you; nor have I voiced—

    by your honor—anything but a little of my complaint.