1. لعمرك لولا آل بوية في الورى

    لكان نهاري مثلُ ليلُ المتيَّم

    By your life, were it not for the house of Buwayh among humankind,

    My day would have been like the night of one enslaved by love.

  2. وصمت عن الدنيا وأفطرت بالمنى

    ولم يك إلاّ بالحديث تأدُّمي

    And I would have fasted from the world and broken my fast on wishes,

    And talk alone would have been my relish.

  3. وأنشدت في داري وفيما أرى بها

    أمن أمِّ أوفى دمنةٍ لم تكلِم

    And I would have recited, about my home and what I see within it:

    “Is this a trace of Umm Awfa’s camp that has not spoken?”