1. إذا قلت قد أسرفت في التيه قال لا

    تقل عن جمالي في الورى غير ما جرى

    When I say, “You have gone too far in conceit,” he says, “Do not

    say of my beauty among mankind anything but what has come to pass.

  2. فأبيض طرفي واقفٌ عند حده

    وأسودُ شعري قد تواضع للثرى

    For the white of my eye stands within its bounds,

    and the black of my hair has bowed humbly to the earth.”