1. كأنما دنياي أحبولة

    والمال فيها طعمة الصائد

    It is as though my world were a snare,

    And wealth within it the hunter’s bait;

  2. فما ترى عيناك من بشر

    إلا عليها حائم وارد

    So your eyes see no human being

    Except one circling over it, coming toward it.