1. قد  كاد طبع الشعر عندي ينتهي

    والشعر يجري زاخراً من جَدولي

    The printing of my poetry is nearly finished,

    While poetry flows abundantly from my brook.

  2. سأطبع    الواصل    من    تيّاره

    وأدفن    الباقيَ    في   المستقبل

    I shall print what has arrived from its current,

    And bury the rest in the future.

  3. و   أرتجي   من   طابعيه  مهلة

    منتظرا   وصولَ   ما  لم  يصل

    And I seek a respite from its printers,

    Awaiting the arrival of what has not yet arrived.

  4. الشعر  رهن  العقل كيفما اشتهي

    والطبع    رهن   آلة   لم   تعِقل

    Poetry is subject to the mind, as I please,

    But printing is subject to a machine that does not think.