1. يقول ليَ المعلم ذات يوم

    وكان القول منصرف الخريف

    My teacher says to me one day,

    and the remark was made as autumn drew to its close:

  2. عطارد في الكنيف فقلت كلا

    ولكن أنت في وسط الكنيف

    “Mercury is in the privy.” So I said, “No—

    rather, it is you who are in the middle of the privy.”