1. كَيفَ الوصولُ إِلى سُعادٍ وَدونَها

    قُلَلُ الجِبالِ وَدونَهُنَّ حُتوفُ

    How can I reach Su‘ad, when before her stand

    mountain peaks, and before them lie deadly perils?

  2. وَالرَجلُ حافِيَةٌ وَلا لي مَركَبٌ

    وَالكَفُّ صِفرٌ وَالطَريقُ مَخوفُ

    And my foot is bare, and I have no mount;

    and my hand is empty, and the road is perilous.