1. لو توسطت إذا لم تترك

    وكففت القلب عن بعض الأدب

    Had you taken a middle course when you did not give it up,

    and restrained your heart from some literary learning,

  2. كان أرجى لك في العقبى من أن

    تملأ الدلو إلى عقد الكرب

    it would have been more hopeful for you in the end than

    filling the bucket up to the knot of its fastening rope.